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School: Ballycloghan, Ardagh (roll number 9827)

Location:
Ballycloghan, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Mary Ledwith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0754, Page 125

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    There were different kinds of bread made in olden time such as potato bread boxty bread and oat meal bread. There was enough of bread baked in one day to last a week. The name of the vessel in which the bread was baked was a pot oven. Sometimes water was used when kneading but people usually milk.
    Indian meal bread was also used in olden times there was not much bread baked only boxty bread. This was made by rasping raw potatoes into a basin. Then it was strained. About half a pound of mashed
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Violet Ledwith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballycloghan, Co. Longford
    Informant
    John Dalton
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Druming, Co. Longford