School: An Cheathrú Gharbh
- Location:
- Carrowgarve, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Fiachra
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- In olden times the people used bread called boxty. The people used to make this bread from raw potatoes. This is the way they made it.
First of all they got a piece of tin and they put holes in it with a nail. Then they washed the potatoes peeled them, and scraped them into a substance nearly like pulp. They got a cclean cloth and squeezed them until they were very dry.
Then they put salt and flour through them and made a cake of them. They put it down to cook for(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maggie Garrett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Colladussaun, Co. Mayo