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   or less gone out of fashion, such as - boxty, fadge, souhings and oat bread. The way boxty was made was with potatoes. First the potatoes were washed. Then they were peeled and grated and put into a cloth, and squeesed until they were dry. Then the grated potatoes were baked with flour. The day the people made poundeys for the dinner, they made fadge with some of the potatoes that remained. This was made with the mashed potatoes and flour.
   The people ate different kinds of food on special occasions long ago. At Halloween they ate poundeys, boxty and fadge. At Easter they tried to see who could eat the most eggs. The day before Ash Wednesday was called "pancake Tuesday". On this day they ate a lot of pancakes.
   When tea first came into fashion in this district the people did not understand how to use it. They ate the tea-leaves and threw away the tea. They soon became accustomed how to use it. Before cups became common in this district, bowls and noggins were always used for drinking from.

   

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eithne Nic an t Saoir

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ray, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Sean Uí Ghallochbhair

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   77

   Occupation

   Feirmeoir

   Address

   Ray, Co. Donegal