School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)

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   Cake used to be made out of oaten-meal in olden times and cake is made out of wheaten flour at the present day. There are mills in Ballydehob that grind the wheat called oneway but the white flour is ground in the Cork mills. In nearly every house long ago a small mill called a quern was used for making flour and that flour was called ríobún. Potatoe cake was made long ago. It was made out of boiled potatoes and stampie was made out of raw potatoes. They are still made. Long ago a little salt and bread soda were used in making cakes. Milk was used in making cakes and water with yeast in it for making bread. If there was a big family in a house cakes should be

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
         1. bread (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Donovan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Derreennalomane, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs P. Donovan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Address

   Derreennalomane, Co. Cork