School: St. Anne's (B.)
- Location:
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 201
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- In olden times bread was made from oats. The kind of bread that was made was oaten and boxty- bread. The way that they made oaten was this. They mixced the oaten meal with a little water, a little salt was added. Then it was put standing against a griddle in front of the fire to bake.
The boxty was made from potatoes. The potatoes were grated raw. Then they were put into a bag and boiled in a pot, on the fire. Then they would be taken out and made into small cakes.
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- Collector
- James Leddy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crocknahattin, Co. Cavan
