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

School: Kilmurry

Location:
Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Annraoi de Búrca
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0802, Page 144

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0802, Page 144

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: Kilmurry
  2. XML Page 144
  3. XML “Food in Olden Times”
  4. XML “Food in Olden Times”
  5. XML “Food in Olden Times”

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. Food in Olden Times

    Share Share Post
    In olden times people used eat three meals. The meals were breakfast, dinner and supper. The breakfast was eaten about eight o'clock, the dinner at twelve and the supper at eight o'clock.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Food in Olden Times

    Share Share Post
    In the olden times up to the time of the famine potatoes (was) were the principal food. They were used twice a day, for dinner and for supper. The people used oaten-meal porridge and oaten bread for their breakfast. Some people made cakes out of potatoes and baked them on griddles. About ninty years ago tea was first used.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  3. Food in Olden Times

    Share Share Post
    The people used feed the horses and cattle in the Morning before having their breakfast. During the forty days of lent the people to eat
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosaleen Bracken
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Bracklin Big, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mary Kate Bracken
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    49
    Address
    Bracklin Big, Co. Offaly