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School: Elphin (B.) (roll number 1753)

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Elphin, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Cianáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0250, Page 356

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  2. Food

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    The chief food of the Irish people eighty or a hundred years ago was potatoes. Bread like which we are accustomed to was then unknown to the common people although it was used by rich people.
    A little flour was used but it used to be mixed with potatoes. The chief kinds of bread made in this way were potato cake and boxty.
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