School: Drumacruttan (roll number 10282)

Location:
Drumacruttan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Rreard A. Maclyam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 236

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  1. There was hard oaten bread and Indian meal bread and wheaten bread made in the district in olden times. The oaten bread was made from oats grown locally. The wheaten bread was made from wheat grown locally. There was Indian meal and salt and some boiling water put into a dish and mixed up together and then put on a griddle to bake. When it was baked enough it was set before the fire to harden.
    The way in which the oaten bread was made was there was a little oat meal and a little salt and they were mixed up together in a dish. Then it was put on a griddle to bake. This is how the hard oaten bread is made. There was bread made about a couple a times a week. There were no mark to cut on the top of the cake. The name that was given to the vessel that the bread was baked on was the griddle. There was bread baked in front of the fire standing against a support. There was a thing
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Glass
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Urbalkirk, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr William Glass
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Urbalkirk, Co. Monaghan