School: Cloran (roll number 5282)
- Location:
- Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Síle Flynn
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- (continued from previous page)very scarce. They would put a good
lot of seed in a vessel and cover it
with water. It would be left there
until it would sour, a handful of
oated meal was generally mixed
through it. - Boxty Bread
A favourite bread was the boxty
cake bread. This was made of raw
potatoes grated fine mixed with whole
meal. It was baked on the griddle and
was very palatable for the breakfast when
cooked on the pan.This is a poem you would hear the
woman of the house at in those days.Boxty bread it went a head.
It travelled around the nation,
Till it came to to the turnpike style,
It is there it took its station.The only plan is to grease the pan,
To make it turn easy,
I go bail without much male,
I'll make a cake that will please you.