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School: Clonmacnoise

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Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 208

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    Boxty is a cake made of raw potatoes. It was first made during the famine when the potatoes were too bad to be eaten in the usual way. Take some raw potatoes wash them very clean, and grate them into a clean basin. When they are grated get a good piece of strong calico and squeeze the grated potatoes in it. The water was used for starch in the old days. Put the grated potatoes on a bread-board, and the same amount of mashed boiled potatoes. Put salt and flour and mix well. Make into thick round cakes about the size of a small plate. Put the little
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Norton
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    46
    Address
    Tullaghbeg, Co. Offaly