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School: Bennettschurch, Baile Mhic Cairbre

Location:
Graignagower, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Dhíomasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0656, Page 179

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    The bread the people had long ago was oaten bread and potato bread.
    They used also make wheaten bread and flour bread. They used grind the grain at home by means of two stones. These stones would be shaped round and the grain put in between them and crushed. There was a small mill at Glenaheiry.
    A hand mill is like a churn barrel with two handles on it and two flat stones to crush the grain.
    There are no handmills in the place now. The people say that the hand mills were better than the mills of the present day.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Bean Uí Corbháin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    66
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Curraghateskin, Co. Waterford