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School: Drumlish (C.) (roll number 10023)

Location:
Drumlish, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Brigid Lacy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 041

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 041

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    made by bruising boiled potatoes, mixing with flour and salt, kneading and baking on a pan. Boxty was made by grating potatoes, mixing with flour and salt, and baking on a pan. Pancakes were made by mixing flour with bread - soda and buttermilk, pouring on a pan and baking quickly over a strong fire. Pancakes were made specially for Shrove, and soda - cakes with currants for Christmas. Wheaten meal and flour, oat meal and potatoes were the materials used. Querns were not used during the past hundred years, but previously they were.
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Collum
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barragh Beg, Co. Longford