School: Bracknagh (2)
- Location:
- Bracknagh, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Mac Giobúin
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33. Discarded foods
Ainm an aithriseora:- Mrs Mary Ann Lawlor
A seolad:- Clonsast, Rathangan, Offaly.
A aois:- 36 years.
Dáta ar a sgriobhadh é seo:- October 26th 1934
Flumery was a food used long ago. The shells of the oats used be got from the miller when getting the oatmeal in winter - steep shells in water for 2 days - then strain and boil juice until it became thick. Then you take it & eat it with sugar.
Oatmeal cakes used also. Made same as an ordinary cake - no flour in it. It used be baked on a gridiron. It used be very hard too.
Rye meal bread even also long ago, it was very dark & hard.
one people used boil nettles & water-cress and eat it instead of cabbage.
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Ann Lawlor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 36
- Address
- Clonsast Lower, Co. Offaly
