Pupils ill after daffodil bulb put in onion soup

Terrified primary schoolchildren from Suffolk were taken to hospital with vomiting and stomach cramps after being poisoned by a daffodil bulb mistakenly put in their soup.

Pupils from Gorseland Primary School burst into tears amid worries they had caught swine flu or something even more sinister.

The soup had been made in class using onions dug from their vegetable garden, but a daffodil bulb was also unearthed accidentally by one of the children and put in the dish. Around a dozen Year Five pupils began vomiting in bowls and toilets, while others suffered stomach cramps.



Nine-year-old Abby Josey started getting stomach pains around ten minutes after eating the food. She said: “I was worried and thought it was really serious.

“Some of my friends were saying it was swine flu. Everyone was really tense, worrying and crying because they thought it was really dangerous and thought they might die.”

A medical incident team was despatched to the school, in Deben Avenue, Martlesham, and assembled the children in the hall to brief them on the outbreak. Twelve children were taken to Ipswich Hospital as a precautionary measure, but were allowed home later in the afternoon.