School: Corlatallon (roll number 12096)

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   But now its got so common
   That its no disgrace at all
   For to grate the rotten praties
   To feed their servant boys.

   Oh the right way to make boxty
   Is to wash the praties clean
   For to grate them and to squeeze them
   Till you find red water drain
   Put a trifle of flour through them
   And some new milk if you can
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   But dont forget to grease your pan.

   The vessel in which the bread was baked was called an oven, bastable or a pot - oven.

   Bread was baked at the side of the fire to harden it, it was baked every day, on a little stand called a grid - iron it was shaped something like this: -

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
         1. bread (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Agnes Wilkinsen

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Emyvale, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Miss Matson

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   63

   Address

   Cornacreeve, Co. Monaghan