School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)
- Location:
- Fleascach Mhór, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 432
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- (continued from previous page)they are big stalks they are sprayed four times to keep them from getting blighted. They are dug then and put into a pit for the winter.Writer: Nora Shally
Flaskaghmore
Dunmore
Co GalwayTeller: Michael Shally - Folklore 7-11-'38Boxty BreadLong ago the people made Boxty Bread. They got a piece of tin twelve inches long and twelve inches broad. They got a board and nailed the two together and made holes in the tin with a nail and a hammer. They scraped raw potatoes and boiled some more and pounded them together with a bottle. They enjoyed this with some butter and milk as a mid-day meal.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nuala Dowd
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fleascach Mhór, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Mrs Dowd
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fleascach Mhór, Co. na Gaillimhe