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School: Stuacán (roll number 14051)

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Muingwore, Co. Sligo
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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
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    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