School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 208
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“In Farrel's land above Walterstown, there are cropies buried in a place called the "Round O".”
(continued from previous page)are cropies buried in a place called the "round O".
In Staffodstown lawn a man named Byrne went astray and men on the Navan Road heard him saying "a man astray". So they went and let him out.A Ghost :- Long ago there was a "bawling ghost:" and it used to be heard at Brownstown and then at Follistown and then a long way off. This thing used to let three tremendous roars. This frightened an awful lot of people
- Bread :- Fill a basin with whole meal and add salt and water. Make the bread an inch thick and bake it on a griddle. Sometimes butter would be added for Slim Bread.Oaten Bread :- Mix fine oaten and salt and water and put on the griddle for a while and then put it standing against an iron tripod and bake it before the firePotato Cake :- Have a rolling pin and roll the potatoes and add the flour and make the cake an inch thick and make it round(continues on next page)
