School: Kilberry (roll number 2533)

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   The kind of bread that was eaten in olden times was oaten meal bread. Stampy, Boxty, and potato bread. They had wheaten bread which they made from their own wheat. They wetted the bread with water and they called the leaven bread. They baked the bread every day on a griddle. Sometimes they baked it in front of the fire standing up against a wire or a stone. They called it a rest. They made the griddle bread for no other occassion only for to eat it every day.

   

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   The kinds of bread that were made in olden times were wheaten and oaten, bread and boxty bread. The people grew the wheat and oats themselves. They did not make flour themselves. It came from the local mills. The things for making the wheaten bread were wheaten meal, flour, salt, and bread soda. The oaten bread was made of oaten meal, salt and bread soda. The boxty bread was made of potatoes, salt, flour and breadsoda. Milk was

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   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
         1. bread (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rose Doggett

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Patrick Doggett

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   46

   Address

   Kilberry, Co. Meath