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School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)

Location:
Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hugh Mc Kee Fleck
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 559

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    Bread was made from wheat and oats grown locally. There were different kinds of bread made, oaten bread, potato bread, and soda bread. Oaten bread was made with oat meal, and boiling water, and salt, and was baked in front of the fire against a gridiron. Potato bread was made with potatoes and flour and was rolled out with a rolling pin, it was cut into farls, it was then baked on the fire on a frying pan. Soda bread was baked with flour, soda, salt, and buttermilk, it was then baked on a frying pan on the fire. There was as much bread baked at one time as
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Mc Ivor
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Liam Arbuckle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tearry, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    William Arbuckle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tearry, Co. Donegal