School: An Chathair Gharbh (roll number 13896)

Location:
Cahergarriff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Criostóir Ó Dubhghaill
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    into cruds. The men were called into breakfast and they eat the cruds and new milk. The next meal would be at four oclock which they timed with the sun. For this meal they would have potatoes and milk or fish for the people who lived near the sea. She says there was no tea until later years when people used to cart their butter to Cork City. The car men used to bring a little of it home. But the people didnt care to drink it like they do now. The people ground their own wheat and make their own flour. But the wheat was scarce and didn't grow so well. The flour in the shops were very dear so it was seldom they had bread. This is how they baked their bread - they put down a big fire, and while it was reddening they made their cakes of wheaten flour. They wet it with sour milk. At that time they didnt know anything about breadsoda. Then they got the griddle and raked out the red fire around an iron with three leg's called the "standard" and on top of that they places the griddle. On the griddle they put the cake. When it was baked on the under side they turned it with their hands. They used have good crops of oats in those times. They used to harden the grain over the fire in pots then they ground it with their own "quarnt" . They cooked it by boiling it with new milk. She says that
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Úna Ní Néill
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Gour, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Cáit Ní Néill
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    86