School: Carraig Áluinn (roll number 16.474)
- Location:
- Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mag Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0228, Page 049a
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- (continued from previous page)used as a refreshing drink. The old people were very fond of it but the younger folk never seemed to care much for it, so the custom of making it has died out. No person seems to know if any house in which "sowans" is made now. In the Parishe of Aughavas and Cloone and in parts of Carrigallen Parish "sowans" went by the name of "Bull's Milk" a rather strange name. It is said this name was given to it by the younger generation to express their contempt for the beverage.
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