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 344

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 344

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  1. The bread which people used long ago was made from home made flour. This flour was made of wheat or oats which was grown locally, it was made by grinding the corn in querns. The local people remember querns to be used in the district. The principal bread the local people used was yellow meal bread.
    This was made from meal, milk, salt and soda, and sometimes when milk was scarce they used water instead of the milk. The bread was generally baked twice a week. They used put a cross on top of the cake, to let the steam out of the cake, so as the crust would
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mortimer Ahern
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rooskagh West, Co. Limerick