School: Tir na bPoll (C.) (roll number 15645)
- Location:
- Teernaboul, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máighréad Ní Dhonchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0454, Page 375
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- (continued from previous page)When flour became more plentiful. "Steampí" was made. First the potatoes were grated. The grater used was a piece of tin holed with a nail. The starch was squeezed out of them with a cloth. A little flour and salt were mixed with them. A quite flat cake was made. It was whitewashed (covered over and under with flour) and baked on a board before the fire. "Bocstí" or "Yellow Boc" was made with yellow meal wet with boiling water. A little salt and sometimes a tiny pinch of flour were added. It was baked on a griddle in quarters. Sometimes it was baked in an oven over the fire. Somebody(continues on next page)
