water in a kettle, and put in too much, and some of the water to flow out, the people would say "You drowned the miller."Bernie HughesTold by Patrick Reilly Food of long ago The food the people used long ago was potatoes and porridge and oaten bread. When the people used to go out to work long ago, they had to work about three hours before their breakfast. When they would go in for their breakfast it would be oaten-porridge and butter-milk. There were three sorts of boxty they used namely boxty loaf, pan boxty, and dumplings. On Hallow Eve they used to eat culcannon or boxty. They used to eat oaten porridge for theirEmily Doherty