School: Balrath (1) (roll number 9770)
- Location:
- Balrath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Pharthaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 299
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- Boxty
In olden days the people used to make boxty of grated potatoes. First the raw potatoes would be grated into a crock. Then they were taken and put in a bag and the water was squeezed out of them; the pieces were taken out on a dish. Boiled potatoes and flour were added and the mixture made into a flat cake and baked on a griddle.
Flummery
First you get a crock, about three quarts of soft water and a plate of meal and a plate of meal seeds and pour them into the crock and stir all up with a wooden spoon and leave it for a night to sour. Then put a gallon of water on it in the morning. Then put a strainer in it for the purpose of straining the liquid into the vessel and leaving the meal and meal seeds behind.
- Collector
- Patrick Dolan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Kate Fagan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Westmeath
