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School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

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Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 146

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    meals a day. Breakfast, Dinner and Supper were thir names. They used to do a lot of work before their breakfast. They dont do anything worth talking about now.
    They used to have stirabout and newmilk for their breakfast. They used to have potatoes for their dinner. Sometimes the had potatoes and buttermilk for their supper and more times they had stirabout and milk. Potatoes buttermilk and salt was a common meal long ago.
    When they used to be eating the table would be along the wall at the window. On Xmas night the table would be out in the middle of the floor.
    They used to have
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Flannelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Flannelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo