1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tighmhanach

School: Tighmhanach (roll number 15715)

Location:
Tivannagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mrs E. Jordan
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 339

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 339

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tighmhanach
  2. XML Page 339
  3. XML “The Town of Boyle”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Town of Boyle (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    linen. The wool from the sheep's back was spun and woven into cloth which clothed the people. The farmers had their own quern mills, and they ground their own oats. The people were reared on oaten meal, potatoes, yellow meal, butter and skim milk drunk out of wooden mugs. The people killed their own pigs and ate their own bacon. The farmers grew wheat for the millers to grind in to flour. The people had to do with a half pound of sugar for each person in the house, very little (milk) tea, and they drank plenty of milk.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mamie O' Gara
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs O' Gara
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tivannagh, Co. Roscommon