School: Mullaharlin (roll number 1173)
- Location:
- Mullagharlin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Siúrdáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0662, Page 097
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- Boxty Bread was made in these townlands within living memory. It was made of boiled potatoes and barley meal pressed firmly together and baked brown.
- Horehound tea is still used in the district as a cure for a cold, but as Mr Michael Caffrey of Crumlin say it is very bad-tasted, and hence not as popular as the ordinary tea. He grows Horehound in his garden
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- Informant
- Miss Annie Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Killally, Co. Louth
- I remember these being made when I was a boy. When the pigs were being killed the blood was caught and kept. A mixture of oatmeal, salt, and pepper was made and mixed with the blood, and the(continues on next page)
