School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- From accounts given, the number of meals eaten, varied as some say two, others three & others four.
- Three meals were eaten in olden times. Meals consisted of stir-about for breakfast & supper & potatoes & sour milk for dinner.
And bread eaten, was brown. Meat was seldom used & any that was, was bacon. As people went to bed early, no meals were taken late. They believed in the saying - "Early to bed &c". - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
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- Peggy Neill
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