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School: Baile Glas (Meastha), An Bhlárna (roll number 10930)

Location:
Ballyglass, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Bhuachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0388, Page 166

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    Boxty bread was devised in the time of the famine. It was devised to make the share of flour the people had last longer, because they had not much flour at that time.
    This is the way boxty bread was made. Eight fairly large potatoes were got ; they were not peeled but the eyes were taken off and they were cleaned and scraped.
    Then the scrapings were put in a calico bag. and the bag was hung up to a nail in the wall and left there
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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
    Babs O' Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pluckanes North, Co. Cork