School: An Grianán (Mount Temple) B.
- Location:
- Mount Temple, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Ó Riain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 081
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- In by-gone days the people in my townland used to eat three meals a day. The breakfast, the dinner, and the supper. The breakfast was eaten at about nine o clock and consisted of porridge and butter-milk. The dinner was eaten at two o clock and consisted of potatoes; butter, butter-milk, and salt. The potatoes were put into a basket, which was placed in the middle of the floor. The members of the family sat round the basket on stools eat a good meal. A second basket was left nearby in which the skins of the potatoes were put. The supper was taken at six o clock and consisted of potatoes and especially potato-cake and butter.
The people used to sit round the table in the middle of the floor when partaking the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Legan, Co. Westmeath
