Now my grandam does it because she is parcel blind by age, and whole blind by kindred; and my master, the poor Dominie, does it to curry favour, and have the fullest platter of furmity and the warmest seat by the fire. ❋ Unknown (2004)
He entered the hut accordingly, and sat down with the learned Magister Erasmus Holiday, partook of his furmity, and listened to his learned account of himself for ❋ Unknown (2004)
I hate Lent; I hate different diets, and furmity and butter, and herb porridge; and sour devout faces of people who only put on religion for seven weeks. ❋ Unknown (2003)
I remember also the peripatetic knife grinder and his trundling machine, the muffin man, the pedlar and his wares, the furmity wheat vendor, who trudged along with his welcome cry of ❋ Tatlow, Joseph (1920)
One house would pride itself on its ham, another on its game-pie, and a third on its superior furmity or tansey-pudding. ❋ Unknown (1901)
On Mid-Lent Sunday, commonly called "Mothering Sunday," it was the pleasing custom for servants and apprentices to carry cakes or furmity as presents to their mother, and to receive from her a cake with her blessing. ❋ Unknown (1892)
Nobody could come, nobody could go, without having a dish of Mrs. Goodenough's furmity. ❋ Unknown (1887)
In this attitude they proceeded on their journey, trusting solely to the dim light afforded of Henchard's whereabouts by the furmity woman. ❋ Unknown (1887)
She stirred the contents of the pot with a large spoon, and occasionally croaked in a broken voice, "Good furmity sold here!" ❋ Unknown (1887)
I was of a more respectable station in the world then than I am now, being a land smuggler in a large way of business; and I used to season my furmity with rum for them who asked for't. ❋ Unknown (1887)
It was indeed the former mistress of the furmity tent -- once thriving, cleanly, white-aproned, and chinking with money -- now tentless, dirty, owning no tables or benches, and having scarce any customers except two small whity-brown boys, who came up and asked for "A ha'p'orth, please -- good measure," which she served in a couple of chipped yellow basins of commonest clay. ❋ Unknown (1887)
Henchard left the chair, and came out, passing through a group of people on the steps and outside that was much larger than usual; for it seemed that the old furmity dealer had mysteriously hinted to the denizens of the lane in which she had been lodging since her arrival, that she knew a queer thing or two about their great local man Mr. Henchard, if she chose to tell it. ❋ Unknown (1887)
"Yes -- 'tis not our greatest doings that the world gets wind of," said the furmity-woman, who, lately settled in this purlieu, sat among the rest. ❋ Unknown (1887)
This was very well so far, for furmity, as the woman had said, was nourishing, and as proper a food as could be obtained within the four seas; though, to those not accustomed to it, the grains of wheat swollen as large as lemon-pips, which floated on its surface, might have a deterrent effect at first. ❋ Unknown (1887)
The furmity seller decided to close for the night, and after seeing the rum-bottles, milk, corn, raisins, etc., that remained on hand, loaded into the cart, came to where the man reclined. ❋ Unknown (1887)
"So much the better for her," said the aged furmity-woman. ❋ Unknown (1887)
The retort of the furmity-woman before the magistrates had spread; and in four-and-twenty hours there was not a person in Casterbridge who remained unacquainted with the story of ❋ Unknown (1887)
In ten minutes the man broke in upon the desultory conversation of the furmity drinkers with. ❋ Unknown (1887)
However, he gave way to her representations, and they entered the furmity booth forthwith. ❋ Unknown (1887)
[porridge] furmity ❋ Sialkot (2011)
