School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 132
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- (continued from previous page)with a cup or glass. They were then put into a well greased (tin) oven and baked until they were browned on each side.
- Long ago the people sat round a basketful of potatoes on the middle of the floor.
The people had a big wooden spoon to peel the potatoes and a noggin to hold the milk.
Oaten-bread and rasp, and potatoe-bread were largely used long ago.
The oaten bread was made in the shape of a plate an inch thick. Then it was put standing before the fire against a bread stick.
I often helped my mother to make rasp, and this is how she made it. She got a bucketful of potatoes, washed them, and peeled them. Then she(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick Mulvey
- Gender
- Male
