School: Cornagon (roll number 15690)
- Location:
- Cornagon, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Frank Heeran
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0212, Page 102
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- (continued from previous page)The people now do not use the wooden egg-cups but they use delph egg cups and the wooden egg-cups were of a different shape than the delph egg cups. The wooden spoons were the same shape as a spade & very much different from the ones we use now.
- In the olden times the people used to make three different sorts of bixty namely pancake, boiled boxty and loaf boxty. Here is the way they used to make pancake boxty. First they used to (make) get some potatoes and wash them. Then they used to peel them and grate them with a grater. They then would get about a half a plate of flour and put it into this and also some salt and soda. They used to mix all of this up together and make it into pancakes. Then they used to take some coals out of the fire and put them on the flag in front of the fire then they put the pan on those coals and when this pan is sufficiently hot they put this boxty on the pan.
@Here is the way they used to make boiled. First they used to get some potatoes and peel them and grate them. Then they used to get a bag and wring them (and)(continues on next page) - Collector
- Celia Mc Keon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Annaghaderg, Co. Leitrim
