School: Corracharra (roll number 16407)
- Location:
- Corracharra, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Brian Mac Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0940, Page 030
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- In the olden days in this district as well as everywhere else in Ireland the people lived on whatever they grew on the land. The main crops of course were wheat, and potatoes and they grew just sufficient of the former for their own needs. With these they made different varieties of bread such as boxty, stampy, potato cake, and oat meal cake. Oats of course was then as it is yet one of the most important after potatoes of the crops grown in the districts, and was used very often in the making of these types of bread.Boxty
To make this bread they picked about four dozen large potatoes, washed them, peeled them, and put them in a large crock. Having done that they then got a grater, and grated them.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Loingsigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Ann Larkin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisnadarragh, Co. Monaghan
