School: Coill Chláir (roll number 14276)
- Location:
- Kilclare, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Treasa Ní Oibeacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 287
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- (continued from previous page)at about about six o clock. The dinner was eaten at three o clock. It consisted of boiled vegetables and bacon. Milk was drunk at each meal. The supper was eaten at eight o clock. It consisted of boiled porridge and new milk. On Christmas Eve boxty was made.Winnie Mc Cabe, SheafieldJohn Mc Cabe, Sheafield, Leitrim PO, 46 yrs
- Oatmeal bread was the most common used by the people. To make this bread the people grew their own oats and got it milled in a mill. The people of this district had hand-mills with which they ground the oats. Rye bread is another bread used by the people. Patrick Flynn grew the rye and sold it at seven pence a stone. He was able to grow rye for the whole locality. To make this bread the people ground the rye, wet it with water and mixed it. Then they baked it n a griddle for about three quarters of an hour.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Scrabbagh, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 98
- Address
- Scrabbagh, Co. Leitrim
