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School: Ednacarnon (roll number 3523)

Location:
Edenacarnan South, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Staráid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1081, Page 232

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    griddle.
    Pan-cakes were made for Shrove Tuesday. Sweet cakes are always made for Christmas, Easter, Hallow Eve and parties.
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  2. Bread

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    Long ago people made oaten bread, wheaten bread and potato-cake. They grew their own wheat and corn. Then the ground it with a grindstone and made bread out of the meal. They also made their own flour.
    Water is used for baking oaten bread and butter-milk is used for baking flour bread. Long ago the people usually did the baking on a Saturday. Some people cut a cross on the top of the scone to keep it from cracking on the top.
    Bread is made in an oven, gridiron pan
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Hannigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnacorrib, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Miss Ellen Harkin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    58
    Address
    Gortnacorrib, Co. Donegal