School: Robertson (roll number 12276)
- Location:
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Liam Ó Morchadh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 190
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- Some people used to make there bread in a pot oven or in a griddle.
- After the corn is threshed at the mill a bag of shelling seeds is taken home along with the meal. The shelling seeds and a bowl of meal is steeped in water for about seven days, by this time it is strained through a strainer poured into a large pot and put on the fire to boil. It has to stirred all the time in the one direction and when cooked for some time it is poured into a large basin and then each person takes their share like porridge.
Boxtay. First of all the potatoes are washed, grated, skin and all then mixed with oatmeal and roll in butter next put the mixture between two cabbage leaves and boil. When cooked it is lifted from the fire and eaten. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mary Dobson
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
