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School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)

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Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
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Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 285

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    to make potato - cakes, boxty bread, and oaten - meal bread. They used to make Potato - cakes out of boiled potatoes and flour and they used to mix it with milk. Boxty - bread was made from raw potatoes and water. They used to make bread each night for the week. The people used to put a cross in the cakes the way they would not burst.
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