School: Richmond (roll number 14400)
- Location:
- Richmond, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 168
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- (continued from previous page)buy more eggs. The first time tea became common in this district was about forty years ago. They used to use wooden vessels before the cups became common. They also used to have saucepans. They also used to have mugs for drinking out of.
They used to eat bread sometimes. They used to make potato cakes, and boxty and yellow meal bread on a griddle. They used to take up the cakes before they were half baked and eat them hot. They would not let the cakes get cold until they would eat them.
They used to have porridge some(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Herbert
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinlabaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Herbert
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- Over 80
- Address
- Ballinlabaun, Co. Mayo
