School: Na Frasa (roll number 16375)
- Location:
- Frosses, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Robhartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 128
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- Sowens is a dish which is made from the seeds that we get from the mill with oaten meal. It is a palatable dish. It is made in the winter when the seeds come from the mill.
We steep the seeds with a little oaten meal in water. They are left there for three or four days. The seeds expand and they become sour. Then the seeds are strained and a liquid is left. This liquid is put into a pot and and a little pinch of salt is put on it. Then it is put on a bright fire and it is left there for forty five minutes.
At the end of this time it is lifted out and put into a dish. Then it is left to cool. Then it is eaten with new milk and it makes a very nice dish.
- Collector
- Sean Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Roes, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Niel Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Roes, Co. Donegal
