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Itchy Ankle and some others—the News this New Year.

It was just as well Spud Hughes and the Contessa traveled to Itchy Ankle this Christmas because the Crone was incapacitated. Her right wrist, subsequently found to be broken, was useful for very little more than lifting the occasional glass of mulled wine, … Continue reading

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Auntie Dot’s Irish wheaten bread recipe

The Crone is sitting eating her Auntie Dot’s wheaten bread, made from a recipe which, to the best of the Crone’s knowledge, was first printed in the Rathfriland Pre-School Playgroup Cookery Book circa 1994. The Crone’s cousin Jenny Bell edited … Continue reading

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