School: Cill a' Lachtáin
- Location:
- Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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- In olden times bread used to be made from flour and oatmeal. Oatmeal was mostly used. The oatmeal was mixed with water and baking-soda and baked in a griddle or gridiorn. This was used almost for every meal. Later on the peopl sowed wheat. The wheat used to be cut by hand with a reaping hook. It was tied in small bundles and threshed with a stick or flail. They used dry it them in a pot and grind it with a quern worked by the hand. Some of those querns are still to be seen. Sometimes they used have oatmeal potato cake. Potatoes and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kevin Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyluoge, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Connolly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Ballyluoge, Co. Galway
