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School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)

Location:
Ballyfeeny, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0256, Page 031

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  1. A Boxty Cake

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    This how a boxty cake is made. The potatoes are washed well and the skin is taken off them and all the eyes are scooped out of them with a knife. The a strong piece of tin is got and holes are put in it and it is called a grater, the potatoes are then rubbed on the coarse side of the tin till they are grated.
    Then they grated potatoes are put into a little bag and the water is wrung out of them and then they are put on a bread board and some flour is put on it and salt and milk and then they are all mixed together until they are thin and then they are baked on a pan, but the pan has to be warmed and butter put on
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Mc Greevy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilglass, Co. Roscommon