10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STIRABOUT»
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stirabout in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Whistleberries,
Stirabout, & Depression Cake
Equally mysterious are fun-loving chicherees, thirst-quenching Sean O'Farrels, satisfying and tempting boxty, oaten cakes, saffron buns, 'a letter from 'ome,' and much more. This book tells the story of food and eating in the frontier West.
Edward B. Reynolds, Michael Kennedy, 2000
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The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing: Irish women's ...
[This minute book reports the statements made by a number of paupers in an
investigation into allegations of corruption in the workhouse, which involved the
selling of stirabout' by the workhouse functionaries. The extract, dated 1 May
1849, ...
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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS: TWENTY EIGHT VOLUMES POOR: ENGLAND AND ...
9 oz. oatmeal, made into stirabout, and 1 pint of buttermilk. Daily Diet. — 11 oz.
Indian meal and 8 oz. oatmeal, made into stirabout, with § quart of buttermilk.
Breakfast. — 2 oz. oatmeal and 4 oz. Indian meal, made into stirabout, with J
quart of ...
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Celebrate Christmas Gr. 4-6
Ruth Solski. Yuletide Poetry The Christmas Pudding Into the basin put the plums
Stirabout, stirabout, stirabout! Next the good white flour comes, Stirabout,
stirabout, stirabout! f • Sugar and peel and eggs and slice, Stirabout, stirabout,
stirabout!
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The Stones that Ground the Corn: The Story of an Irish ...
Joyce tells us in his Social History of Ancient Ireland that the staple food of a
great mass of the people was porridge, or stirabout, made of oat or wheatmeal. In
those ancient days it was eaten with honey, butter or milk. So well was it known in
...
Tony Deeson, Richard Scott, 2002
Females— Breakfast. — 7 oz. meal in stirabout, J pint new milk, or 1 pint
buttermilk. Dinner. — -12 oz. bread, f pint new milk. Class 3. Males and females
under 15 years— Breakfast — 5 oz. meal in stirabout, $ pint new milk, or 1 pint
buttermilk.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1871
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Class 4 — Females under fifteen years Breakfast — 5 oz. meal in stirabout, and
South 1 pint of sour milk. Dinner — 8 oz. brown bread, and f pint of vegetable
gruel. District. Supper — 4 oz. brown bread. Dietary for prisoners whose term of ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1867
ASYLUM. potatoes—(6, 7)—3lbs. potatoes, a pint new milk. I shall appear to
require. , v' ' . , Suppern—q} lb. bread, and a pint of small beer. ',1, § 1 ' | Brcakfast
.—Onepint stirabout, one pint new milk. Per diem.-,f- lb. bread,»'“bne quart gruel,
...
the stirabout, nor the white powder, nor the milk, did the poor boy any good. His
rheumatics soon became worser than before, and he bawled for more whisky ;
but we did not dare to give it to him, as the doctor had left us no directions about it
...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1832
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Annual report of the Poor Law Commissioners
TABLE showing the Amount of Food consumed in the Public Establshments,
daily, by each adult Individual, and by the Labouring; Poor in their own Cabins. •
8 oz. of oatmeal stirabout when mixed will weigh about 3 lbs. ; it is thus nearly
equal ...
Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners, 1840
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STIRABOUT»
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stirabout is used in the context of the following news items.
Comment: Will Camden's radical past inspire the next wave of …
These were fringe organisations ranging from Stirabout, the first company to work in prisons, and Spare Tyre, a women's company addressing body image, ... «Ham&High, Jul 15»
Foscoe and Grandfather Communities to Host Third Home Decor …
Back by popular demand! Saturday, June 20, for one day only, the Foscoe and Grandfather communities will host the third Home Decor Stirabout. Several ... «High Country Press, Jun 15»
Famine reaped bitter harvest for 'rich' - archives
More than 1,100 doctors and nurses, 1,056 teachers, 32 clergy and 175 lawyers and solicitors subsisted on "stirabout" a watery form of porridge, unless they ... «Irish Independent, May 15»
Here is why you must eat Oats regularly
Oatmeal, also known as white oats, is ground oat groats or porridge made from oats (also called oatmeal cereal or stirabout). Oatmeal can also be steel-cut, ... «BusinessGhana, Feb 15»
The Kerry workhouse girls who became Australian pioneers
Breakfast was a kind of stirabout porridge at 6am. Dinner was at noon, again a kind of oatmeal soup, occasionally with meat. If there was supper – mostly there ... «Irish Times, Nov 14»
Foscoe Home Decor Stirabout Held Saturday, Oct. 4 to Showcase …
stirabout Oct. 1, 2014. On Saturday, Oct. 4, for one day only, the Foscoe and Grandfather communities will host the second Home Decor Stirabout. Several ... «High Country Press, Sep 14»
Blackadder and Time Team star Sir Tony Robinson: 'I lived in a …
“A company called Stirabout, which was the first company to perform in prisons, rehearsed in a squat in The Bishops Avenue. “It just enabled people to live very ... «Ham&High, Feb 14»
Porridge is hot stuff in Ireland again
Porridge, also called oats or stirabout, actually predates the fry as the original Irish breakfast. The ancient Brehon Laws, in effect through the mid-17th century, ... «nwitimes.com, Mar 11»
