School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)
- Location:
- Irishtown, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Manus
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- The people long ago used to make the bread from oatmeal. There were no flour until lately but their own homemade bread and that was a hard oatmeal cake baked in a gridiron.When the people used to go making boxty, they used to bore a plate of tin for scrapers. Then they used to get a plate of raw potatoes and scrape them and then squeeze it. Then they would get a piece of calico and make a bag for it and squeeze it again.Then they would get a few boiled potatoes and mix it up like a potato cake and then a small grain of flour was put for kneading. Then it was baked in a lid of a pot and leaf of cabbage was put on top for fear the hens would come(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Rattigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballindine, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Catherine Rattigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballindine, Co. Mayo