School: Lisnagirl (2)
- Location:
- Lismagiril, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Thaicnigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1005, Page 395
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Lisnagirl (2)
- XML Page 395
- XML “Bread”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)and kneads it. She puts across on the top of the cake to increase the baking and the cake will rise better. Some people say this cross is in honour of the cross of Christ.
Then she puts it in the oven and hangs it over the fire.
In winter when milk is scarce she makes the bread with cream - starter. If bread were scarce for the tea she makes pancakes.
In Winter when buttermilk is scarce my mother makes wheaten bread from sounds. Sounds are made by steeping oaten meal in water for a few days.
- Collector
- Bríghid Ní Rathallaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greaghadossan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Cáit Bean Uí Fhloinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismagiril, Co. Cavan
