School: Carraig Uí Ulla (Carrigagulla), Baile na Groighe

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   Long ago people used bake ryebread and oatenmeal bread. In former times there was a mill at Carrigagulla. This mill was owned by the Horgans who lived at Carrigagulla House. Flour used to be made at that mill. That mill was i existence about seventy or eighty years ago. Long ago people used grind corn by mend of a grinder. A grinder consisted of a stone and another stone with a hole in its centre. That was called a "grindstone" or a "quern". Potato cakes were very common in former times. Some of them are made up to the present day.
   People used also bake bread in former times. It consisted of frosted potatoes mixed with salt. The oatenmeal bread used to be baked in a griddle. A griddle was a bastable without any sides. In former times bread used be baked every day and it is up to the present day. A cross is put on top of the

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Shelia Coughlan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrigagulla, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr John Coughlan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrigagulla, Co. Cork