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   they often mowed two acres of in the day and they were living on potatoes. In they winter time they killed a cow, and the marrow of the bones was used for curing rash.

   Collected by Con Mitchel, Cragg, CastleIsland, Co. Kerry from John Lynch, (aged 83 years)

   

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2. Food in the Olden Times

   

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   In olden times the people had three meals per day. For their breakfast they used to have a yellow meal gruel and milk, for their dinner they used to have potatoes and some milk, and for the supper they had yellow meal bread and milk. Their eating hours were 6 o'clock for their breakfast, 12 o'clock for their dinner and 8 o'clock for their supper. They used to go to work in the morning about 4 o'clock and 2 hours before they ate their breakfast which comprised what I have mentioned above. Milk was in general used, or what they termed skimmed milk, as the cream was first taken off to make butter. Tables were not much in use in those days, and oftentimes

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   Topics

   1. táirgí
      1. táirgí bia (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Mc Gillicuddy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cill Liagáin, Co. Chiarraí

   Informant

   Mrs Mary Mc Gillicuddy

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   83

   Address

   Cill Liagáin, Co. Chiarraí