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School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

Location:
Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0501

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    cake, and of course the cake could not swell without bread-soda.
    The 'boss' then let him put a cross on every cake he made from that time.
    (Betty Carthy, Northbrook)
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    In olden times, the people generally ate wheaten and oaten bread, which was made from wheat and oats, which they grew themselves. The flour was made locally. When the wheat was threshed or scutched, (which was generally the old custom) the people left a bag of wheat by the fire for about a week, until it was thoroughly dry and hard. Then they took it to the local mill, and got it ground.
    In those days, the mills were unable to separate the bran from the flour, and consequently the people had
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Hanrahan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Galway