School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)
- Location:
- Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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- The food the people had long ago was different to the food we have now. Now there are bakeries in every town and these supply the town's - people and the country - people with bread. Long ago it was very different. The women made three kinds of bread. First was a kind of bread called 'boxty'. They grated raw potatoes with boiled ones without flour and put them on a pan to roast so when this was roasted it was black instead of white but it was good. Next(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tessie Bonner
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Nancy Browne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballystrang, Co. Donegal