School: Rahugh (roll number 12905)
- Location:
- Rahugh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Maonghaile
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- In olden times the people had no food to eat only "lumper potatoes" Sound was the drink. "Flummery" was the stirabout, made from mill seeds. The women would bring out a churn of the "Flummery" to the headland where the men were reaping. It was eaten with wooden spoons. They used to eat three meals in the day.
- Long ago people had different food from they have now. They used to eat three meals a day. They used to eat porridge, potatoes, and flummery.
They used to make flummery by steeping oaten meal. Mill seeds would be added to put a grit in the meal to squeeze it out. It would be let steep for about a week until it was sour. They would then(continues on next page) - Collector
- Ann Josephine Geoghegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- James Geoghegan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Westmeath
