In haytime in really hot weather, the water can for refreshments had oatmeal added! (John Caldwell on FB)
My mum used to fill a 10 gallon milk can and add oatmeal it was brought down to hayfield, it was like a drink and meal all in one, and nutritious, all the men loved it. (Sandy Matheson on FB)
I remember taking a flaggon of water, with oatmeal added, out to the men on the harvest field when I was young. My dad said it was because if you drank cold water on a hot day you could die of shock! He knew someone that had collapsed and died. He always told us as children not to gulp down cold water, just to take sips. (Evelyn Scobie on FB)
Also Boston cream
Oatmeal - an old rat catchers trick. You float the grain thickly, and put a plank across the top so ratty thinks it’s a solid surface and hops in for a snack! Another ratty party that ends in disaster. EC
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