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School: Gort an Tuair (roll number 13467)

Location:
Gortatoor, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine Nic Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 456

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    The people used to have dances in their houses every night long ago
    The bread they had for the dances, was "boxty" bread. They used to go out to a pit of potatoes and bring in a bag of them, and was them and scrape them, and put boiled potatoes through them. Then they used to make the mixture into the form of a cake and bake it on a flag, and when they had twelve or thirteen cakes baked they used to eat them with new milk.
    Then when they had them eaten, they used to depart.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerrard Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gallowshill, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gallowshill, Co. Mayo