School: Killoscully, Newport (roll number 12029)
- Location:
- Cill Ó Scolaí, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Mrs. Julia Bourke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 203
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“Stirabout (now called porridge) was a favourite article of food.”
Stirabout (now called porridge) was a favourite article of food. It was made of yellow (Indian) meal and baked for hours in a pot oven beside the fire. This was eaten with the skim milk. In those days before stirabout the people had for dinner when potatoes were out bread and cabbage dressed with cream.
In these times the country was full of geese & the farmers had a goose on Sundays for a good part of the year. The goose was boiled and the soup(continues on next page)