School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

Location:
Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 07_068

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    Bread. 23 : 3: 38
    The bread the old people had long ago was called oaten meal.This was wet with milk like the cakes now and baked in a griddle.When this was baked it was very hard and the people used nearly break their teeth eating it.
    They ground the corn themselves on the nights or on wet days.They had two stones with a hole in one and a spike in another .Then the oats was put into the hole and the spike of the other put in on top of it and twisted it around inside until it was ground.The women used grind it in a hole
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Corry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Thomas Corry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare