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School: Cill Bheagnait (roll number 1327)

Location:
Kilbegnet, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0262, Page 041

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    The kinds of bread made in my district in olden times were, wheaten bread, oatmeal bread, griddle cakes, potato bread, and boxty. The wheaten bread was baked in an oven. The oatmeal bread was baked on a bread stool beside the fire. The griddle cake, potato bread and boxty were baked on a griddle. There are old people living that remember the querns. There was an old woman in Carrowkeel named Mrs Keegan and one harvest the first sheaf of oats the reapers cut each day she had it ground and baked in
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Nárdhaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13