The Seething Pot is a roman à clef written by George A. Birmingham, which negatively portrays various individuals and organizations of County Mayo. [1] It was first published in 1905. [2] The novel has been called an "excellent study of life in the west of Ireland." [3]
A seething pot (also seethingpot or seething-pot) is a vessel for boiling provisions mentioned in the King James Bible at Job 41:20 and Jer. 1:13. [4]