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School: Gallbhaile (roll number 1316)

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Galbally, Co. Wexford
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Mícheál L. Mac Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0902, Page 161

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    The bread the people ate mostly in olden times was oat bread and barley bread.
    The oat bread was made of oatmeal with water, some salt and very little soda. The mixture was baked either on a pan or propped before a fire. When this cake was baked it was as hard as a board. The barley bread was made in much the same way.
    In those times a slim cake or a boxty loaf was made for Christmas. The slim cake was made of boiled potatoes and flour.
    This cake was wet with milk. There was no

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