School: Stuacán (roll number 14051)
- Location:
- Muingwore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Mhiadhaigh

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 257
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- Boxty was another kind of bread the people used long ago. They peeled some raw potatoes. Then they grated them, and put the grated mass into a piece of cloth and squeezed the water out of it. A little flour, a pinch of salt and a small quantity of cooked potatoes were mixed with the grated potatoes and formed into a cake.
The cake was left on a pan without a lid turned occasionally until it was baked.
The water which was squeezed out of the grated potatoes was left to settle in a basin for a while, then the clear water(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nora Donegan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs P. Donegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun, Co. Sligo