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School: Empor (roll number 941)

Location:
Emper, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 055

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 055

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    In olden times there was no bread made like now at all.
    The people made "Oaten meal cakes, Potato cakes, and boxty bread.
    The flour that was made in olden times was made from wheat, oats, and other corn which was grown locally, and they called this flour brand one, two, and three.
    In olden times people in this district had querns of their own and they milled their own meal and they had a sieve also to sift the seeds out of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Glynn
    Gender
    Female