School: An Clochar, Gráig na Muilte Iarainn
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- Teacher: Sr. I. Breathnach
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- The people in olden times had not the food as we have nowadays. They ate plain food - oatenmeal bread, porridge, and potatoes.
The oatenmeal bread was made the same as any ordinary cake but rolled out very thin and baked on a griddle. When baked it was taken up and placed against an iron before the fire until it was finally browned.(continues on next page)