School: Rahavanaig
- Location:
- Rahavanig, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire de Stac
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0400, Page 132
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- In this district there were several kinds of bread made such as wheaten bread, potato-cake, and stampy,
The wheaten-bread was made from wheat. They grew the wheat locally and ground it with a quern.
People remember the querns being in use in the district. The quern was made of two flat circular stones in one of them there was a hole in the middle, and a handle in the other. They got the wheat and put a layer of it between the stones twisted the handle and in this way they ground the wheat.
When it was ground it was put through a sieve and it was fit for use.
They made potato-cakes in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martin Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lahesheragh South, Co. Kerry
