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   The different kinds of bread in olden times were, oatmeal cakes, boxty cakes, potato cakes and buck cakes.
   Oaten cakes were made from ground oatmeal, boxty cakes were made from grated potatoes, potato cakes were made from cooked ones and buck bread was made from black wheat which was called buck wheat.
   Querns were hand mills for grinding corn in our district. They put water in the oaten bread and milk in wheaten bread when kneading, and the potatoes did not need anything.
   The oaten bread would keep for a week or more but the boxty had to be made daily. The bread was made in a wooden basin and cooked it on a gridiron. A gridiron is made of iron, a round ring and bars across it. It has a loose bar hanging at the back of it to support it to stand.
   Special cakes were made for feast days.
   They were made of flour and raisins. They

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   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
         1. bread (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sarah Magee

   Gender

   Female

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   Dernaglush, Co. Cavan