School: Dearg Dún (roll number 10894)

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   The tables they used were tables
   hung on the walls and let down
   when wanted. These tables were of
   a rectangular shape and four
   persons could eat at them.

   In olden times people used to
   eat potato-cake and "boxty," the potato-
   cake was made from boiled potatoes
   bruised together and mixed with flour
   and then baked on a pan.

   The boxty was made from
   potatoes also, but not from boiled potatoes.
   It was made from new potatoes
   and flour. The articles used were a
   boxty bag and a "grater." The boxty bag
   was made from a flour pack and
   sewed into a small bag for the
   purpose. The grater was made from
   tin holed with a nail to have one
   course side on it. When the potato
   was rubbed on the grater it was ground
   into fine pieces. This was put into the
   boxty bag and the water squeezed
   out of it. Then it was mixed with
   flour and a little salt and made into

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Delia Cullen

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dergvone, Co. Leitrim

   Collector

   Paddy Mc Partlin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Aughrim, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs B. Cullen

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Address

   Dergvone, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs M. Mc Partlin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Address

   Aughrim, Co. Leitrim