School: Faughalstown (roll number 9622)
- Location:
- Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0720, Page 006
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- (continued from previous page)times they were used for supper as well. Butter-milk was drunk. The table was put beside the wall when not in use and it was pulled out to the centre of the kitchen when in use. Oaten bread was made with oatenmeal and water and baked on a griddle or before a fire. They used to eat boxty as well.
Flummery or sounds was made in this district up to othirty years ago and was used as a drink or with porridge instead of milk on the black fast days.
Two handfuls of meal were put into an earthenware crock and covered with a quart of cold water. The crock was left on the kitchen table as near to the fire as possible(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Flanagan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Flanagan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Whitehall, Co. Westmeath
