School: Currans (B.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 4459)

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   Bread was made from wheat and oats grown locally in olden times. Flour was made locally and Querns were very much used; they were in all the big farmers' houses. The people at present in the district did not see the Quern being used but they heard it from their forefathers. There are two broken ones in the parish yet one at Mr. MacMahons Arocrone, Farranfore and the other at Hugh O'Connor's Urrohogall Farranfore. The different kinds of cake made were wheaten cake, oaten-meal cake, yellow meal cake, Potato cake, Stampy, Boxty Bread, Milk, salt, water, + bread soda were the principal ingredients used.
   Milk and water were added in kneading. Bread was not baked everyday. Enough was baked twice or even once a week. e.g. Mrs. John Fitzgerald who died recently aged 87 years used to bake thirty cakes of bread for Mr. Tim Horan's family of Gortaknock, Farranfore on one day. This was supposed to feed

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
         1. bread (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Fleming

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilcooly North, Co. Kerry