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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 248

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    then put into a basin along with a little salt, boiled potatoes and flour, and when ready it was baked in an over or pan.
    During the famine, the people could not afford to have even one meal a day, and so they gathered "bliopgans"(?) and roasted them.
    In olden times for a great feast, such as Christmas, a family bought a stone of flour, pound of sugar and an ounce of tea, but when these were used, they did not buy any more until the following Christmas.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Craggagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Lavin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo