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School: Maigh Locha (Cailíní)

Location:
Moylough, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 089

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    Kinds of Bread.
    The different kinds of bread the people ate long ago are. Boxty bread, potato cake, oaten meal cake, pancake, griddle cake, flour cake and the cáca poca.
    Ingredients of each kind.
    Boxty bread.
    The raw potatoes were scraped squeezed in to some kind of vessel then that is left up for a while. Then the starch that is left in the bottom is mixed with the scraped potatoes and baked. The people made it various ways.
    Potato cake.
    Potato cake was made from potatoes and flour.
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    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
    May Haverty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Haverty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    81
    Address
    Springlawn, Co. Galway