School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

Location:
Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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  1. We make our own bread at home because we have a bakery and we use usually the plain loaf and brown loaf. We also make apple tart, and rhubarb-tart, brown bread, white bread, currant bread, rasp, pancakes, potato-cake and griddle cake.
    The griddle cake is made on a griddle which is put on a griddle-stand. The stand has three legs. In the country the brown bread is baked in an oven.
    For brown bread and white bread buttermilk is used to wet the flour but if the buttermilk is too sour you will spoil the cake and you can not use it. Salt and bread-soda and butter are
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Lovell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Lovell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford