School: Na Creaga
- Location:
- Creggs, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Breandáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 096
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- (continued from previous page)it between the people of one village. This lasted them a long time because each family had a pack of oatmeal and the amount of oatmeal put in a cake was three times as great as the amount of flour.
After the meal was taken from the mill, it was packed in a big calico bag, which sometimes reached from the floor to the ceiling and usually contained from eight to ten hundreds. This was the staple-food throughout the years.
Another mixture which was called "Boxty" was a welcome delight to the people, long ago. On party evenings, when a crowd gathered into a house this was looked forward to. To make "Boxty", a scraper was required and this was made by making holes in a piece of tin. The potatoes were grated on this and then they were squeezed and next mixed with flour and a pinch of salt. The mixture was then put into a well-greased pan and baked(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Geraghty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creggs, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Geraghty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creggs, Co. Galway
