School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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- (continued from previous page)in one hand and the potatoes in the other rub the potatoes on the grater until it is grated into a soft mass like froth. Put the grated potatoes into a muslin bag and squeez the water out of them. Then you mix the dry part with a little salt and soda to make it into "farals", and bake in a heated pan for three quarters of an hour. The liquid of the grated potatoes is used for starch.
- Get a dozen fair sized potatoes. Boil and peel then well. Put them into a basin, put flour salt and(continues on next page)
