School: Lough Arrow
- Location:
- Lough Arrow, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 169
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- (continued from previous page)First the raw potatoes were grated and then mixed with soda and salt and new milk.
Then it was placed on a grid iron.
Boxty bread is very nice and it is used up to the present day.
Potato cake was also eaten in olden times. First of all, boiled potatoes were mixed with flour and soda.
Then it was baked on a pan.
When it was baked it was left on a plate and then eaten.
It is very nice to and a great lot of people eat it yet.
The bread was made every day in olden times. People always marked a cross on the cake with a knife in order that the cake would draw more heat and therefore bake quickly. The bread which the people used in olden times is much different to what they eat at the present time.
- Collector
- Mary Harte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Martin Mitchell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo
