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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 196

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    of butter. They put it on the fire again until the butter was melted. Then they mixed the melted butter with it and ate it. Whatever was left over was put on a plate and a spoon was left in it, for they said that the fairies came after twelve o'clock to look for food.
    They used also make a potato pudding which they called a goose. They mashed boiled potatoes and mixed boi [?] pepper, spice and salt with them. Then they put it into a muslin bag and put it into a (muslin bag) pot of water to boil. When it was cooked they ate it with butter.
    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
    Ethna Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan