School: Ballyhurst, Tipperary (roll number 4562)
- Location:
- Baile Hoiste, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Stás, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0579, Page 204
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- People long ago used to eat only (one) two meals a day. They used eat potatoes or porridge for their break fast which they had at nine o'clock. They used to eat their supper at four o'clock. When tea was used at first they used to drink it black and it was drunk out of noggins. The people used to make cruds and whey from the second beastings of the cow with water added. The people used to eat the potatoes off a canvas bag spread on the floor.
- Collector
- Martin Fogarty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Hoiste, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mrs Fogarty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Baile Hoiste, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- The people in olden times used to eat only two meals a day. They used to go out working before the first meal. The food they used to eat was potatoes and separated milk and gruel. The people used to sit around in the centre of(continues on next page)
