School: Baile a' Mhuilinn (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Siobhán, Bean Uí Dholáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0041, Page 192
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- (continued from previous page)Whitewater was made from oaten meal and water. They used butter and milk very often too. There was another drink called whey and it used very often. There was also a food called Boxty. There is not much Boxty made in Ireland now. There are some old proverls about boxty one of which is; Boxty bread is gone ahead since Judy lost the seraper. There was another food something like porridge called prósón. It was also considered very wholesome. Prósón was made from oaten meal and water. When people would be digging potatoes out in the field they would make a fine out in the field and roast the potatoes and eat them.
- Collector
- Mary Margaret Grady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Grady
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Galway
