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School: Cill Mhuire, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 13942)

Location:
Mullagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 591

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 591

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  3. XML “A Story”
  4. XML “Bread in Olden Times”

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  1. A Story (continued)

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    then returned to the palace and began to play and what the harp said was, "The king has long ears". Immediately the king's cap fell off and everyone knew the secret. The queen did not know till the king had large ears but she did not mind. So the king never wore the cap anymore.
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  2. Bread in Olden Times

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    Long ago the people used have their own bread made of wheat. All the people used have wheat and they used dry it and send it to the mill and make flour of it. They used have querns at home for themselves and they used grind their own corn. There used be a round hole in the quern and they used put a bundle into the hole and wheel it round and they used have a clean cloth under the hole and the flour used be falling down into the cloth. There was other corn called barley and they used grind it in the same way as the other corn. They used bake the cake on a griddle
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Margaret Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Joe Boyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    38
    Address
    Quilty, Co. Clare