School: Loughanvally (roll number 8363)
- Location:
- Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. O'Connor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 334
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Long ago people seldom used meat, unless rabbits or hares or wild fowl which they would trap. They made soup of these or roasted them on a spit over the fire. They never used vegetables. They were very fond of flummery stampie and potatoe cake. When the meal was ground they would ask the miller for a little bag of "seeds" or husks of corn. They would put a handful of husks in a crock and put water on it. They would leave it there for ten days and about the fourth day they would put a teaspoon or some "tinny" article into it to sour it. When it was thick after the tenth day they would let(continues on next page)
