School: Boulavogue

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Boleyvogue, Co. Wexford
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Énrí Tréinfhear
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    Bread
    Wheaten, oaten, and barley bread were made. The bread was made from corn grown locally.
    Flour was not made locally, but wheaten meal was.
    Gerard Leacy.
    Told me by my mother,
    Mrs Leacy, (38 yrs)
    Carrigeen, Ferns, Co Wexford.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The name of the vessel in which bread was baked was pot-oven or bake-pan.
    Michael Parle,
    The Harrow, Ferns, Co Wexford.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. Flour is made from wheat in Cooladine Mill now. (near Enniscorthy).

    Joseph Doran.
    Mount George, Ferns, Co Wexford.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  4. Long ago potato cakes were made and eaten. Barley bread and oaten bread were used long ago. It was baked on a griddle or in an oven. There was enough of bread baked on a Saturday for a few days.
    Wheaten bread was not used long ago.

    Eileen Turner.
    Meaugh, Boolavogue, Ferns, Co Wexford.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Turner
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Myaugh, Co. Wexford
  5. Bread is generally marked on top with a knife. A cross is generally put on it. This mark is put on the cake to keep the crust from rising in the cake. The flour is not made now in any local mill but many mills make wheatenmeal.
    Norah Breen
    Ballycarrigeen, Ferns, Co. Wexford.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.