School: Sraith, Magh Sheasta
- Location:
- Sragh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Gormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 155
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- The people long ago used make stampy, rye bread, oatmeal bread, yellowmeal bread, potato-cakes, barley bread, and wheaten bread.
The stampy was made of potatoes. First the potatoes were made of 1 scraped with a grater. Then the scraped potatoes were squeezed in a clean cloth. It used then be kneaded into a cake, and baked on a griddle. In those days they had only three stones to put under the griddle. Those were called 'standers.'
The rye, barley and wheat used then be ground with a quern.
The rye-bread used be made by mixing rye, soda, salt, and milk together and by kneading it into a cake.
The potatoe-cakes used be made of potatoes. First the potatoes used be washed and boiled. Then they used be pounded and kneaded into a cake. This used be baked on the griddle. The potato-cake [was the special] used be cut in quarters when on the griddle.
A potatoe-cake was the special cake the old people used make on Christmas night. They thought this a great festival. They used eat it with butter and tea, they used(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Siobhán Ní Choileáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sragh, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Martán Ó Coileáin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 61
- Address
- Sragh, Co. Clare
