School: Coill Chogaidh
- Location:
- Kilcogy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Mhuiris
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- When milk is scarce in the Spring the people around here make souns (sounds) to use instead of milk. This is how they make it.
They soak oatmeal in spring water- some use hot water but mostly cold water is used. This is left to stand overnight and it is drank with porridge and used in tea and in many ways. If it is left two days steeping it gets sour and some people life it that way.
Some people call it soohaun (suachán).
- There is no part of the country in which
