School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)

Location:
Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
Teachers:
P. Ó Conchobhair T. Ó Teimhneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 129

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 129

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    People remembers querns. Wheat used to be ground in those querns. Wheaten bread and oaten bread were the two kinds. The bread was wetted with water and baked on a griddle. The people used to bake what bread would do them for a week. When people were going to America they used to bake what bread would take them there.
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  2. In the olden times the bread was made from oaten meal peas, and bare. The flour was not made in this district. The people remember querns being used. Peas and bare were ground in these querns. The people would not use their own wheat in days gone by because their rent was too high. They had to sell the wheat to pay the rent. The bread that was made in olden times was wetted with water. The people did not bake bread every day but they baked a sufficient amount to last for a week
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloghpook, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Michael Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cloghpook, Co. Kilkenny