School: An Cnoc (C.) (roll number 16123)
- Location:
- Knock, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0108, Page 228
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- Long ago the people did not buy the startch they used but they made all the startch they needed from potatoes. When the women had nothing to do on a long winters nights they would start making starch for themselves and it was far better starch we buy nowadays. They would get about a stone of potatoes in a bucket then they scraped these potatoes with a scraper. The scraper they used was much like the scraper they used for to make boxty. They made this scraper from a piece of tin and in this tin they put a lot of holes which they made with a big nail. When the potatoes were scraped they put it into a clean white flour-bag to dr?
When the starch was made it was far better starch than what we buy in the shop nowadays. But long ago the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maria Jennings
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyhowly, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Jennings
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Ballyhowly, Co. Mayo
