School: Ring, Dalahasey (roll number 9111)

Location:
Ring Commons, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
M. Ní Reachtaire

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Bread

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0783, Page 68

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In olden times our ancestors used different kinds of bread. They made hard oaten-meal griddle-bread (from) made from water and their home grown oaten meal. And this kind of bread must be good for our ancestors because they lived a long time.

The bread we use to day is of a different kind such as soda cake loaf bread, wheaten bread, and potato squares. Long ago they ground there own meal with a little quern and they are still to be seen in St Kevin's kitchen Glendalough.
To day I will describe soda-cake leven bread and potatoe squares.
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Collector
Joseph Casey
Gender
male
Age
13
Address
Dermotstown, Co. Dublin
Language
English