School: Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10956)

Location:
Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Céin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 523

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 523

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    they give it a dab in each corner. They put them on the cake, because it helps to bake it better.
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  2. Long ago wheat, corn, oats and barley were grown and bread was made from them. The grain was crushed with a quern, that was two flat stones with a big hole in the top one, for putting the grain in between the two stones and a smaller one for a handle.
    The principal kinds of bread made were oaten meal bread, stampy bread, and potato cake, oaten meal bread was made out of corn crushed with a quern.
    The way stampy bread was made was by getting raw potatoes and they were peeled. A cloth was then got, and the potatoes were put into the cloth and the juice was squeezed out of the potatoes. The juice or starch was put into a basset, and mixed with flour or meal and salt and was put into an oven to bake
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Con Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cahereen East, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Michael Cronin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Cahereen East, Co. Kerry