School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)
- Location:
- Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 107
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- (continued from previous page)and had very small windows.
The fire was on the hearth with seats built on the side.
Over head was a sort of loft made of rods. This was called a hurdle.
They were very cosy houses and the people who were reared in them were healthier than the people nowadays who are reared in slated houses.
- Bread can be made from every sort of corn meal. Oatmeal bread is baked on a giddle until it becomes as hard as a stone. When the people had their own teeth, they used to eat it.
When the people of Eire were very poor they ate bread made from Indian meal. The people now - a - days prefer bread made from flour or wheat meal
