School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 201
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- Get half a can of ground oats and put it into half a can of water and leave it there for three or four days. Then take it out and strain through a cloth bag. Next boil the water that was strained and it gets thick like stir about; put on plates with new milk and eat it.
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- Collector
- M. B. O' Kelly
- Address
- Monktown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Heary
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Oibrí tí
- Address
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Long ago the old people used to be treated ever so much better than now. The old people were twice as decent clean and humble. They would get lodgings and leave them nice and clean. They would get(continues on next page)
