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School: Drom Bhaoghalláin (roll number 7981)

Location:
Ardcarn, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Pagnam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0231, Page 312

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    The bread used in Ireland in olden times was something similar to what is used nowadays but baker's bread was a great novelty with the old people. The following are the names of some of the bread used, Potato-bread, boxty, Stampy, Pan-cakes, oat-meal cakes, whole-meal cakes and soda bread.
    Potato bread was made from boiled mashed potatoes mixed with flour and a little salt to put a nice taste on it. Then it is made into thin cakes and cut into four quarters and baked in an oven on a good fire. This bread is still a very common food in Ireland.
    Boxty was made from raw grated potatoes salt and soda then it is dried up with flour and made into cakes and fried in the pan.
    Stampy was a food something similar to boxty and it was made in the same way also.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Gaffrey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Drumboylan, Co. Roscommon