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School: Gort na Mara (Seafield) (roll number 11565)

Location:
Donaghintraine, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 105

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    How to make Boxty:
    Wash and peel raw potatoes. Grate them to a pulp and put flour on it. Do not put milk on it. Cut it in small pieces and put on the grid-iron.
    How to make Oatmeal Bread: Male dough with water and oatmeal Roll it out to less than an inch thick.
    There was an iron, which was left opposite the fire. On it the bread rested. It was turned several times and took at least two hours to bake.
    How to make [?]:
    Wet oatmeal with hot wwater, leave it to sour, and strain it. Leave it to set when boiled.
    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
    Teresa Tiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Miss B. Kivlehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballygilcash, Co. Sligo