School: Ballyhahill (C.) (roll number 10686)
- Location:
- Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: H. Fitzgerald
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0482, Page 252
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- Teresa Danaher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocknabooly West, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Dan Danaher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Knocknabooly West, Co. Limerick
- Food in Olden Times
In olden times people ate only three meals in the day - breakfast, dinner, and supper. Breakfast was generally eaten at seven o'clock but there was nearly always an hour work done before it. Potatoes were eaten at every meal iwth sour milk and salt. Some people liked to use "mixed" bread - that is flour and meal mixed together, and baked on a griddle- with sour milk.(continues on next page)
