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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 452

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    In this district long ago the people used to live on boxty, and potatoes and other kinds of food. Long ago some people had little mills, these mills were called querns, and the people used to grind oats in these mills and make oaten meal for cakes. There was a quern in the village of Castletoher which was owned by Patrick Finnegan Castletoher. (Wiam) Williamstown Co Galway. It is said that in this district long ago the people had no ovens or pans, but they used to leave the , up against a sod of turf untill it would be baked.
    The chief food amongst the people long ago was potato cake and boxty and oaten meal bread. Nearly all the people of my district long ago used to make oaten bread.
    In my own district now all the people has an oven, and so they can make nice bread. When anyone would be going a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Morgan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilsallagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Morgan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Kilsallagh, Co. Galway