School: Glynn (C.) (roll number 4602)
- Location:
- Glynn, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Giolla Eoin
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- (continued from previous page)and at Christmas they had plum pudding and a cake blackened with raisins.
Before cups came into use noggin were used for drinking purposes.
- In olden times people took three meals a day, which were breakfast, dinner and supper.
In the summer-time the had the breakfast at four or five oclock in the morning, which consisted of porridge and buttermilk.
They had their dinner at twelve oclock which consisted of potatoe and buttermilk, or potatoes and cabbage and if the cabbage ws scarse they ate turnip-tops, or nettles, or water-cress which tasted just the same.
They had their supper at eight oclock every night, wich consisted of porridge and sometimes they(continues on next page) - Collector
- Margaret Wheeler
- Gender
- Female
