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School: Corlatty Carroll

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Corlattycarroll, Co. Cavan
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Jas. Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 197

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    Long ago when the new potatoes were not very dry and not good for eating the people made food from them which was called colcannon. They got some potatoes and they washed them clean and peeled them and then they put them in a pot of boiling water and put some salt on them and they boiled them quickly. When they were sufficiently boiled the water was drained off and they were pounded with a little wooden pounder and they put some sweet milk on it and they mixed the whole then each person some of it on a plate and they made a hole in the centre of the colcannon and put some butter in it and they ate it with a spoon.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie O Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gartnaneane, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mary O Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Gartnaneane, Co. Cavan