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School: Clochar na Trócaire (Maothal) (roll number 13770)

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Maothail, Co. Liatroma
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An tSr. Mícheal le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0216, Page 167

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    The people in olden times used to make "Oaten Griddle cakes."
    They only made a (cakes) cake (where there was a big family) once in two weeks, and where there was a small family they made one once a month. In the cake, they put from one to two stones of oaten meal. When the cake was cooked, it was rolled in a white sheet made of flax to keep it fresh. What they drank with it was buttermilk, or soured oat-meal which
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Nic Aulaigh
    Gender
    Female