School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 023
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“People used to make a 'boxty cake'...”
(continued from previous page)When this would be baked it would be very soft + flaky and would be used for a dinner
When tea was first used it was especially kept for the priests' breakfast when he would come for the station. Two or 3 women would be employed getting the priests' breakfast and the tea would be boiled and then one of them would take out the tea leaves + squeeze the juice out of them + chop up the leaves on a plate for the priest to eat. The juice would be thrown out. The people did not know how to make tea at that time.
A tongs they used long ago was a stick bent in two and used to be called a "marde brisne"
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“There was a woman who had a child.”
There was a woman who had a child. She didn't correct the child when it was young. When the child grew up, it got sick and died. A neighbouring(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12