| Summary: | boxty bread n The taste of Old Ireland, was either 'pratie oatens,' or 'boxty bread,' hot from the oven and covered with butter.The 'boxty bread' was a mixture of grated raw potatoes, wrung over a basin, plus the same weight in flour, plus the same weight in cooked and mashed potatoes, with the addition of a quarter pound of mixture sausage and bacon fat.The school marm used to sing a little ditty for the pupils about the 'boxty bread'.It went thus: 'Boxty on the griddle, boxty on the pan, If you don't eat boxty, you'll never get a man.' PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story 11/79 JH 11/79 Not used Not used Withdrawn Withdrawn but no stamp
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