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School: Tobinstown, Tullow

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Tobinstown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghrádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0910, Page 067

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  1. To Cure a Cold - A Posset

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    Boil two cups of buttermilk well. Put one spoonful of butter into the milk. Then put in one or two teaspoonfuls of sugar and a pinch of salt with some ginger. It is a great cure for a cold or a sore neck.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. colds (~62)
    2. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Curran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11

  2. How to Make a Potato Cake

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    Boil six or seven potatoes and peel and mash them. Then get four cupsful of flour in a basin, add bread soda to flour and mix well. Mix in potatoes, add salt, wet with sour milk and knead it well. Roll out thinly and put it into a hot oven or pan and bake for half an hour. These are eaten while hot well buttered.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11