School: Cross (roll number 13141)
- Location:
- Cross South, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mártan Ó Colmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0241, Page 191
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- (continued from previous page)not in use it was taken and left along the front side-wall. The bread was not made from wheat as nowadays. The cakes made were generally oat cakes, boxty and potato cakes.
Oat cakes were thus made: Oatmeal was put in a basin and wet with water. It was then mixed with the hands until it became tough. Next it was taken out and laid on a board called a lossid, and was flattened out to about half an inch thick.
It was left on the board till it became stiff. It was put standing on the hearth resting against a stool and was kept turned till it became hard.
Boxty was made from potatoes. The raw potatoes were scraped on a scraper and then they were squeezed till all the water was removed. A little salt was added, and then it was made into cakes about an inch thick. These were put down on the tongs and so baked.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joe Giblin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 13
- Address
- Doon, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mick Giblin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 65
- Address
- Doon, Co. Sligo
