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School: Ballinacree (C.) (roll number 13966)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
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Eibhlín Bean Uí Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 358

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  1. Bread in Olden Times

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    The people in olden times used not eat the same sort of bread as the people now. They used eat bread made of oat meal mixed with water. This was the bread they mostly baked and they used eat it without butter. This bread was made of oat meal mixed with water and formed into a dough then it was left aside to set and then it is left on a griddle in front of fire to bake and when it was baked it was brown and crisp and the people liked it better than any other bread.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Cuilinn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Peter Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Clontyduffy (Hart), Co. Cavan