School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)
- Location:
- An tOireamh, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Brígid Nic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090E, Page 04_032
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- (continued from previous page)potatoes scraped with a board and a bit of tin attached to it. This was called a scraper. The Boxty was mixed with salt and flour and water and spread out very thin and baked in a pot.
The people had scarcely any milk for their tea and on this account they kneaded the bread with water.
A cross was cut on top of the cake and a pinch was taken out of it when it was baked for fear the fairies would bring it. Long ago bread was baked in a small pot called a Scillit. Some people baked it on a piece of thick iron left beside the fire. The iron was called a griddle.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
