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

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
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Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 23_034

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    In olden times the people made rye bread and barley bread.
    They also made boxty bread and this is how it was made. First the potatoes are peeled, then they are scraped on a grater, and put into a piece of clean cloth and squeezed. The water that was squeezed out of the potatoes was put into a bowl, and some people used it for starch. The (the) contents was mixed through flour (for) to make the boxty.
    Another bread which was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jane Gately
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cronin, Co. Roscommon