School: N. Breandáin, Cathair na Mart
- Location:
- Westport, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádhraic A. Ó Módhráin
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- (continued from previous page)there until morning. Then it is put into the machine and put on the stalks. The barrel contains forty gallons of water.
- In olden times bread was made from Rye meal. Flour was not made locally. People remember of querns being used. Querns were two big stones which were used for grinding Rye. The things put in the cake were, soda, salt, and buttermilk. When they had no buttermilk water was used. Bread was baked every day.The sign of the cross was put on each cake. The reason why this was done was that each person would have a quarter of the cake. Sometimes they used to bake the cake by(continues on next page)
