I. Did they ever eat bracken, did anyone ever eat it?
R. No. I remember having to go and gather it for Easter Pudding.
I. Where do you find these?
R. Oh there's plenty if you went up to Wilson's place behind the Hall, there's stacks of Easter leaves.
I. Are they in damp places?
R. Sort of, yes, and then you'd have nettles
I. What were Easter ledges? Something like a dock?
R. Yes something but then with a finer leaf. like a dock, smaller leaf but finer. If you ever went to Wilson Place and straight up from the house, there should be a whole big bed of them Easter ledges there.
I. What did you do with them?
R. Oh you boiled them up, it was made up into a pudding, Easter ledge pudding. There was ledges and nettles and various things you know - that was growing out you see; dandelions.
I. Why did they use them, was it meant to be -?
R. Yes, it was a pudding, an Easter ledge Pudding, you ate it with your vegetables - as a vegetable.
I. Did you do that because it was traditional, or because your mother thought it was good for you, or because it was free vegetables or what?
R. Well you did it, same as you always had to have brimstone treacle in the spring, all the old fashioned remedies, same as Easter ledges was old fashioned, and brimstone treacle always in spring you had to have brimstone treacle.
I. Everybody?
R. Yes if they thought anything of their health. That means everybody but the doctor.
I. Grown-ups and children?
R. Yes. everybody had to have brimstone treacle, to clear the blood, I think that's why people kept so healthy, they were natural foods really.
I. Easter ledges were regarded as -
R. They were at Easter, yes. I can remember that, though I've never made one, my mother always used to make it, but I've never made one.
I. You've eaten it?
R. Yes.
I. Had it gone out in your day?
R. Must have done, `cos nobody uses it anywhere I don't suppose today, unless it was someone who had gone through college and knew all about these things you see -
I. But nettles you said - young nettles -
R. Aye there was nettles, just pick your nettles with the ledges,
I. What else besides those things?
R. Oh I can't remember now what we had to gather.
I. Dandelions?
R. Yes there'd be dandelions, because dandelions are not poisonous you know.