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School: Mín Riabhach (roll number 17050)

Location:
Meenreagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Anton Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1097, Page 82

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    a very clean linen cloth and put water on them. Then they wrung the water out of them, and if there were any small pieces they threw them away. Then they put the good pieces into a dish of water, and when they sank to the bottom, they threw out the water. Then they mixed the potatoes with flour and salt and put them on the fire to bake.
    The old people would make boxty bread for Hallow-Eve and for Christmas.
    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
    Michael Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Margret Gallen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meenreagh, Co. Donegal