School: Clochar na Trócaire, An tSráidbhaile (roll number 13020)
- Location:
- Stradbally, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: An tSr. Ióseph
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0649, Page 74
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- (continued from previous page)work at day break and sometimes they sat on the furrows waiting until day break. They had no breakfast until 7 o'clock. Dinner was served at 12 o'clock and supper was given at 6.30.
People generally sat round a table settled in the middle of the floor and after meals, the table was hung up by the wall and this table was called a "Tuitim Síos" and it is still used by a few farmers in this district. The bread was made from oat meal and water and also out of wheat meal and barley. The working class never got a bit of meat but fish was eaten, that was caught in the local sea, vegetables were used very much in the latter years. Milk was always drunk(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Corbett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Stradbally, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mr Stephens
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
