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School: Corlatty Carroll

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Corlattycarroll, Co. Cavan
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Jas. Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 196

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    Long ago the people in this district used sowens in the winter when milk was scarce. They put some oat-meal in a crock and they filled it with spring water and they left it steeping for a couple of days then they stirred it and it became a white colour and they strained it into another vessel. Then they took this instead of milk for eating porridge. In the summer-time they boiled the liquid and it thickened like custard does now and there was a nice pleasant taste off it. Then they ate this with sweet milk.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie O Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gartnaneane, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mary O Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Gartnaneane, Co. Cavan