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School: Moylough (C.) (roll number 13832)

Location:
Moylough, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Margaret Devine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0136

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    Boxty was made from potatoes. The potatoes were washed, then scrapped an a scraper or grater. Flour and milk and salt was mixed up with the scraped potatoes and formed into a cake. This was baked an a pan.
    A great cure for a cold was to boil butter-milk and sugar and drink it hot going to bed. This was called "a posset".
    Scoilten[?] was made from boiling water flour, onions, salt and pepper.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Durkin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John Durkin
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Sligo