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School: Athboy (C.)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 136

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    The bread is made from wheat now, and porridge is made from oatmeal. The flour is made locally in the mills in Dublin. Rye bread was made long ago, it was black and hard.
    There were different kinds of bread made long ago.
    Potato Cake, and Boxty cake,
    The Potato cake was made with potatoes, flour and a pinch of salt. If the people had potatoes after the dinner they would peel them. and blend them out as fine as paste, then they would put a punch of salt in it and flour and put it in the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tess Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath