School: Corracharra (roll number 16407)
- Location:
- An Chorrchora, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: Brian Mac Aodha
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- Long ago Boxty was made from potatoes. The way it was made was get potatoes and peel them. Then get the grater, and nail it to a piece of a board, put it in a crock, and grate the potatoes into the crock. When the crock is full get a piece of strong calico and put the grated potatoes into it. Then sqeeze the water out of them until they are white. Then put them out on a bread-board and put flour on it, then knead it, put it on the griddle and bake it.
There was a man who lived between Shercock, and Knockbride, he was called Boxty Wallace. He had a machine for making Boxty. The people went to him with their potatoes, and he made the Boxty for them. - One fair day in the year 1825 a fight arose in Shercock between the(continues on next page)