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School: An Gleanntán, Lombardstown

Location:
Glantane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Colmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0363, Page 045

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    Until quite recently flour was made from wheat, which was ground locally, at a small mill worked by water-power, at Curra-Bower about two miles south of Glantane school.
    Nobody in this district, whom I asked for information, remembers querns being used; but many people heard about them.
    My father told me he remembers to see potato-cakes made about fifty years ago but only as a novelty.
    The potatoes were boiled, peeled, and mashed,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    E. Ní Colmáin