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School: Thomastown Convent (roll number 16028)

Location:
Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
An tSr M. Lelia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858, Page 127

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    In olden times people made wheaten, oaten or barley bread. Flour was and still is ground locally. Some of the older inhabitants of this district remember querns.
    The ingredients used in making wholemeal bread were wholemeal, salt, soda and milk. In making barley bread, barley meal, salt, soda and milk were used. Some times if milk was not plentiful water was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr Walsh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny