School: Sraithíní (roll number 17145)
- Location:
- Sraheens, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ní Dhuinnshleibhe
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- (continued from previous page)potatoes but it used to be about forty years ago. Potatoe Cake is made by mixing boil potatoes, salt, and flour together. The mixture is flattened out into the shape of a cake and baked in an uncered pan.
- Marriages were usually celebrated before Lent. They called this season "seraft". On the Thursday before Ash Wednesday "Thursday been market day in Kiltimagh, salt used to be thrown on the young people as they passed up and down the street, to preserve them for another year until the next season of marrying came.(continues on next page)