School: Coill an tSrotha (roll number 5352)
- Location:
- Cullentragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Dhorchaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0197, Page 450
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- (continued from previous page)killed and was eaten by the people. This meat of a newly-born calf was called veal. At the two principal feasts in the year - Christmas and Halloween the people ate boxty.Boxty was made by grating potatoes on a grater. A grater was made of tin and was holed like a strainer. By rubbing the potatoes up and down on the rough side made them fine pulp. After the potatoes wwere ground into boxty it was put into a cloth and the water was rung off. Then several little cakes were made from it and these were boiled in a pot. These were called dumblins. Before cups were used the people had wooden noggins and niggins out of which they drank.
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 91
- Address
- Meenkeeragh, Co. Leitrim
