stirabout

[ stur-uh-bout ]

/ ˈstɜr əˌbaʊt /

porridge.

Origin of stirabout

First recorded in 1675–85; noun use of verb phrase stir about to stir up

You'll not be contenting yourselves with the stirabout now that you have your brother back again with you.

The Northern Iron |George A. Birmingham
Potatoes form a bulky article of food, and stirabout, unless very carefully made, used to swell after it was consumed.

The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent |S.M. Hussey
So she made that into stirabout, and he took but a small bit of it out of her hand to leave more for the rest.

Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series |Lady Gregory
Whether this is exclusive of the stirabout breakfast I saw preparing for them in the school, I forgot to ask.

The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) |John O'Rourke

She climbed to the gable, looked down, and saw the son making a great pot of stirabout for his mother, and she hurrying him.

More Celtic Fairy Tales |Various

stirabout

/ (ˈstɜːrəˌbaʊt) /

a kind of porridge orginally made in Ireland

a bustling person