School: Kilmeague, Naas (roll number 10829)
- Location:
- Kilmeage, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thomáis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 320
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No flour was made locally long ago. The grind stones were here long ago. A potato cake is made of flour and potatoes. A potato cake is sometimes called a slap cake. Boxty bread is like a turnover. Oaten meal bread is made too. Some people used more milk when kneading, some used water. The people used to bake bread, enough for one day. a+ sign was usually the mark put on bread but some put no mark at all. The + sign was useful when cutting in to quarters. The name of the thing the bread is baked in, is called a baker or sometimes a pot oven. There is a sweet cake made when people come on a visit. The cake is made of flour, currants, raisins, sugar, candee peel, eggs and milk.Bunty Gray.
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- Bunty Gray
- Gender
- Female
