School: Tullach (Tullig) (roll number 4451)
- Location:
- Tullig More, Co. Cork
- Teacher: D. Ó Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0344, Page 151
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- (continued from previous page)In later times a little flour was mixed with the potatoes. This was the bread used throughout the year without butter, except on very rare occasions such as Easter and Michaelmas.
At Christmas flour bread was used and butter added as we do now.
Querns for grinding corn was the only form of grinding machine in existence.
The querns were round stones
One of those was hollow and the other was so made as to fit into this. To the uppermost one was attached an iron handle which set the stone revolving and during this process the grain was crushed.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Denis O' Mahony
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Martin Ashe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aughils, Co. Kerry
