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School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

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Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 227

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    Wheaten bread and oat-meal bread were the kinds of bread made in olden times. Bread was from wheat and oats. People do not remember querns or grindstones.
    The different kinds of bread made were potato cakes, boxty bread, oat meal bread, leven bread and wheaten. The oat meal used be mixed with wheaten and baked on a griddle. Bread was baked every
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Field
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Thomas Field
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath