School: Áth na gClaidheamh (roll number 10537)

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   Long ago bread was made from oats and in recent years it is made from wheat. The flour was imported from foreign countries and the people bought it in the large shops. Patrick Mc Cabe, Tattygar, Castleblayney, says he remembers querns or grinding stones but he says it's over seventy years ago since they were used. They were used by the people of partly every county in Ireland.
   In olden times different kinds of bread was made. Boxty was one of the most common kinds of these different breads. Raw potatoes were peeled, grated, mixed with flour and salt and baked on a griddle. When it was baked it was of a black colour.
   Another very prevalent kind of bread was oat-meal bread. It was made like this: - the oat-meal was put in the baking dish, it was then with boiling water until it was a dough. It was rolled with a rolling pin and

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teresa Connolly

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Tattygare, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Mrs B. Connolly

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   55

   Address

   Tattygare, Co. Monaghan