School: Ballyloghane, Caisleán Nua Thiar (roll number 8783)
- Location:
- Ballinloughane, Co. Limerick
- Teachers: S. Condún Úna Nic Ádhaimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 341
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- Old people say that bread was made from barley, wheat and oats which was grown in the district. People remember querns to be in the district and it is few old people remember them to be used. The things used in kneading were flour, salt, soda, milk and barm.
Bread was generally baked once a week to do through the week. When people were making bread they used to cut out the shape of the cross or other shapes at times. Bread was baked in a bastible also on a griddle which was made of iron or steel with two eyes cut out at each side for to put the pot hooks into, to hang over the fire, there was no rim on it so you could not boil water on it.
Old people used to make a lot of pancakes on certain occasions. I never heard of bread being made standing in front of the fire against a support.
- Collector
- Michael Hurley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinena, Co. Limerick
