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School: Clonfinlough, Athlone

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Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
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E. Ní Mhionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 338

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  1. Food in the Olden Days

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    The people of the olden days used plainer food than the people now. They used to eat oaten bread, baked on griddles, potato bread and boxty. The boxty was made from raw potatoes, washed clean, peeled and rasped on a tin rasp. Then a little flour was added. It was baked on griddles, it was cut into eights or sixths. When baked it was a black colour. The people of those days never used tea, they used buttermilk in wooden cups called noggins.
    They also ate Indian meal stirabout.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Lowe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    John Lowe
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly