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School: Cill Phian

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Ardnagor, Co. Mayo
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Máire Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0142, Page 261

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    Boxty was made by washing and peeling the potatoes and taking out the eyes. They laid a piece of tin on a sod of turf and bored holes in it with a nail. This made a grater on which to grate the potatoes. When they would have the raw potatoes scraped they would have the raw potatoes scraped they would squeeze them well in a piece of muslin to take out all the water. They would then put some flour and suet through them and cut in in farrels and bake in in a little butter in a pan or oven. Some people would cover the cake while baking, others would not, but turn it till it was very well done. Then they would put plenty of butter on it.
    Some people used to mix boiled bruised potatoes through the raw grated potatoes to make them stick together. This bread used to be eaten
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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
    Collector
    Annie K. Carabine
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathroe, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Meerin
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathroe, Co. Mayo