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How to Make Potato Starch

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Ringville, Slieverue school (Ringville, Co. Kilkenny) from informant Mrs Hogan.

Original reference: 0845/1/77

Loading...School Ringville, Slieverue [Vol. 0845, Chapter 0001]

County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Kilkenny Schools

INFORMANT
Hogan, Mrs
Gender
female
Age
60-70
Location
Scartnamoe (Townland)
Kilcolumb (Civil parish)
Ida (Barony)
Kilkenny (County)

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How to Make Potato Starch [duchas:4748910]

How to make potato starch.

Wash to potatoes, peel them, cut them in halves, scrape the middle out of them into a very clean bowl of cold water. Put this into a saucepan, put on the fire. Allow to boil and keep stirring until it is thick.

Mrs. Hogan,
Scartnamoe,
Glenmore. (between 60 and 70)

Origin information
Ringville, Co. Kilkenny
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 109
Volume 0845
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Síle de Paor.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture--Talmhaíocht
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Entertainments and recreational activities--Siamsaíocht agus caitheamh aimsire
Food--Folklore
Food products--Táirgí bia
School location
RingvilleTigh na RinneRingvilleKilcolumbIdaKilkenny
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4786402
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0845/1/77

Suggested credit
"How to Make Potato Starch"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4786402>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Síle de Paor.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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