School: Tulach Ruacháin
- Location:
- Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál de Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 713
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- (continued from previous page)made all kinds of bread. They made oat meal bread. They had to grind the meal in their own houses. The article they had for grinding it was called a Quern. They baked the bread on the griddle. We have a griddle at home. It is made of wire. The handle of it is also made of wire. Sometimes we bake bread on the griddle. The people also made boxty long ago. It was made of potatoes and flour. The skins were taken off the potatoes first and then they were scraped with a tin. They put holes in the tin with a nail. The potatoes were scraped up very soft and they were then mixed with sugar and milk and then the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Murphy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
