School: St Mary's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 380
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- (continued from previous page)brown on the under side, it was turned to the opposite side, and when it was cooked it was taken off, and left out side to cool.
This kind of bread was made on certain occasions.
The boxty bread was made in another way - the above mentioned old lady told me. The raw potatoes were grated after having been thoroughly washed.
The liquid was drained out of the grated potatoes or squeezed out. They put the grated potatoes in a dish, and mixed a little flour with them. They kneaded this mixture and dropped it on a greased griddle which was fairly hot.
This was turned when cooked on one side. The goose oil would have been used only at Christmas. The Boxty Mill began to shill
It reminds me of a fiddle O,
Between his knees he did it squeeze,
And clapped it on the griddle O.
- Collector
- Annie Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr James Donaghy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballymagan Upper and Lower and Clonblosk, Co. Donegal
