School: Cnoc Bríde (1)
- Location:
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 197
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- (continued from previous page)was a wooden bord with sides on it. These meals were eaten four times a day. The losset was scrubbed every time it was used and hung up on the wall. There was no tea in those days. Tea started in Ireland about the year of 1860.
Boxty.
Boxty was a bread much used in olden times. They way to make boxty is to grate some raw potatoes. Then squeeze them in a cloth. They dry part is mixed with some mashed potatoes, flour and a little salt. Roll it out and bake it on a pan.
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- Collector
- Teresa Mc Breen
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Informant
- Francis Mc Breen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
