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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 05_031

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    Long ago people used to make bread with rye because there was not to be any flour that time they used to make boxty cake. The way they made boxty cake is they peeled the skin of raw potatoes and the scrape it on a grater and then put it in a cloth and squeezed it and then put it on a dish and make it. They used to make potato cake long ago but the people make it nowadays.
    They had no griddles that time they used to make
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creeharmore, Co. Roscommon