School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)
- Location:
- Loughatorick South, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhuirgheasa
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- (continued from previous page)Plough and spades are both used around here. the weed the potatoes in summer and put blue stone on them to prevent the blight.
Wooden ploughs were used in this place with a iron sock drawn by a single horse.
There are two kinds of potatoes bread potatoe bread and boixty.
In the making of boixty grate raw potatoes squeeze the water out of it and put salt and flour on it and mix together and put it down to bake on a griddle
Potato cake boil the potatoes peal them break them fine put flour and salt on and mix together roll it hard on the lossit and bake it
Long ago the people would only eat potatoes and buttermilk for food(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary F. Molloy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughatorick North, Co. Galway
