School: Killea (roll number 3219)
- Location:
- Killea, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Coilín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 256
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- (continued from previous page)mixture is made into small balls each about the size of a very large apple. Then an oven is hung up on the fire and while it is heating she puts some flour into the basin and takes one of the balls and flatten it out until it is about half an inch thick. Then she cuts it into four quarters and places it in the oven. When one side is browned she turns it and when it is baked she takes it out. This performance is so repeated with each of the balls. Potato is called "slim cake" in this locality
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- Collector
- John Gordon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John Gordon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
