School: Clochar na Trócaire (Maothal) (roll number 13770)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: An tSr. Mícheal le Muire
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- The people in olden times used to make "Oaten Griddle cakes."
They only made a (cakes) cake (where there was a big family) once in two weeks, and where there was a small family they made one once a month. In the cake, they put from one to two stones of oaten meal. When the cake was cooked, it was rolled in a white sheet made of flax to keep it fresh. What they drank with it was buttermilk, or soured oat-meal which(continues on next page)- Collector
- Máire Nic Aulaigh
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