School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 114
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- Food in Olden TimesThe most common food long ago was potatoes. The people ate three meals a day. They only ate bread once a day and that was at breakfast. The table was fastened to the wall with hinges, and was only let down when people were going to have a meal. They had different kinds of bread. The oaten bread was baked on a stand in front of the fire and it was called a "greanac”.
The wheaten bread was baked on a griddle and it was very good for children who were after getting their teeth.
The leaven bread was baked on a griddle. When the dough was made it was covered and left near the fire for a couple of hours to "rise". It was then shaped into a cake and baked. A piece of the dough was placed in flour and kept until it was again wanted.Got from - Patrick Lennon (47)
Sheephouse,
DroghedaPaddy Lennon (Scoláire)
- Collector
- Paddy Lennon
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Lennon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Sheephouse, Co. Meath
