School: Hewetson, Clane (roll number 13902)
- Location:
- Millicent North, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Sean Crawford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 047
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- In the north of Ireland when my mother was only a young girl the people of Co. Monaghan used to always keep 3 bags of oats in some dry corner. This oats was brought to a miller & ground into oat meal. Some of this was poured into a pail & steeped with water for a few days. A white substance came on the top & this was strained into a pot & boiled. When boiled it was very much like corn-flour [?] was eaten by the people for supper. This stuff was called "Flumery" or Sowens
- Collector
- Tom Manders
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Staplestown, Co. Kildare
