School: Kilmurry

Location:
Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Annraoi de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0802, Page 160

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0802, Page 160

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  1. The people had an old custom for making some marks on the bread long ago. They used make every kind of marks on the cakes such as crosses, diamonds and little squares. Protestants make two strokes and Catholics makes a cross on the cakes. Then they would get a knife and run it down through it a couple of times.
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Boland
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Wood of O, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Julia Boland
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    55
    Address
    Wood of O, Co. Offaly
  3. Griddle bread was made. I was baked on a griddle. The griddle
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