School: Carniska (roll number 1681)
- Location:
- Carrownaskeagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Richard Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 024
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- When the ''sounds'' was all used, the remaining seeds were used to make Flummery.
These seeds were squeezed and strained through a strainer, and the liquid which resulted from the straining
was boiled in a pot on a slow fire for five or ten minutes, and kept well stirred. It was then poured out on a dish and allowed to cool. Flummery was eaten
with new milk and was regarded as a dainty.
- Wheat seed was soaked for a night in water, and then boiled for a whole day in the same water. When the seed had burst a little flower was added in order to thicken the mixture, which was then called ''Grám Brih''
When sweetened with sugar it was eaten with milk. A Pot of it would last two or three days.
