School: Turin (roll number 7827)
- Location:
- Teamhairín, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Bríd Mhistéal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 010
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- Made from new potatoes & a little oatmeal to enable it to stick together - baked on a griddle or grid-iron.
- Pig's blood, caught while pig was bleeding, before dying. Puddings of pig, cleaned inside and outside, blood heated and thickened with raw oatmeal. Puddings filled with this mixture and boiled in large pot of boiling water. When oatmeal cooked, puddings were taken from pot, formed into shape of circle, and tied together and hung form rafters in kitchen, ready for use when required.
- Food for Certain Occasions:
Easter Sunday - Eggs, Good Friday(continues on next page)
