School: Drumakill (roll number 6365)
- Location:
- Drumakill, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Florence Harrison
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 113
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- (continued from previous page)oatmeal which came from the mill after grinding was steeped in water in a crock overnight. Then it was strained and the liquid was put on in a pot over the fire and stirred until it thickened.
There was another dish called "brose". A cupful of oatmeal was placed in a bowl and boiling milk was poured over it and it was then eaten.
Long ago people eat a lot of salt herring. They put a stick through the tails of the fish and hung them up beside the fire. They eat dumplings at Hallow'een and at Christmas they eat beef. At Easter they eat a good many eggs. When the people had no milk they made a thing like milk with oaten meal and water and they called it bull-milk. The people had noggins and piggins before they had cups and they made their spoons out of cow's horns.
- Collector
- Dorothy Harrison
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Church Hill, Co. Monaghan
