School: Mullingar (Pres. Convent) (roll number 934)
- Location:
- Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Sr. Brigid
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 036](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0736%2FCBES_0736_036.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 036
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Mullingar (Pres. Convent)
- XML Page 036
- XML “Food in Olden Times”
- XML “Food in Olden Times”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)Supper consisted of oat cake, boxty, porridge boiled so thickly that it could be sliced - with noggins of milk or buttermilk. Tea was unknown. Favourite drinks were whey and flummery. (Fresh meat only eaten at Xmas].
OAT-CAKEmade by melting oaten meal with water, milk and sometimes ale, and baked on a griddle before a red fire. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Rita Gillick
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- James Judge
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullingar, Co. Westmeath