School: An Clochar, Ceann Tuirc (roll number 10232)

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   Long ago the people had different methods of baking to what they have now. Bread was made from wheat and oats which were grown locally. The flour was made locally and grindstones were used.
   The different kinds of bread which were made were, potato-cake, boxty bread, oaten meal cake and maize meal cake. Potato cake was made from potatoes and flour and boxty bread was made from raw and cooked potatoes. Milk was usually added when kneading except when the milk was very scarce. Bread was not baked every day, enough for a week was usually made at one time.
   A cross was usually cut on top of the cake and it was also prickled with a fork. This was done to allow the air escape from the cake. The vessel in which the bread was baked was called a

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty O' Keeffe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lismeelcunnin, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr J. O' Keeffe

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lismeelcunnin, Co. Cork