School: Kilmurry (C.) (roll number 10395)
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mrs Ellen Mary O' Connor
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“Long ago people used to make boxty.”
Long ago people used to make boxty. This is how it was made. They would get a bucket of fine big potatoes, clean them till they were as white as snow. Then they would get an iron grater and grate the potatoes, and put them into a big white enamel bucket and mix it with flour and butter and bake on a griddle. It was eaten with sour milk. They used to say this verse when beginning to eat it.
Boxty on the griddle,
Boxty on the pan,
If you don't eat boxty,
You will never get a man.