School: Belturbet (B)
- Location:
- Béal Tairbirt, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: S. Mc Govern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 299
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- (continued from previous page)They used only get tea at Christmas and Easter.
Three meals per day was the rule in olden times. The food was all of the plainest kind and no tea was used unless with the very old people. The men went out to work taking with them a piece of oat cake and ate it going along.Food.
Three meals were the rule in olden times. The food was all of the plainest kind and no tea was used unless with the very old people. The men went out to work taking with them a piece of oat cake and ate it going along.They were called in at nine o clock for their breakfast and for it they got oat porridge and they got their dinner at one o clock. For their dinner they got potatoes and cabbage and bacon or turnips, carrots, or parsnips according to season. Nearly every farmer killed a bacon pig in olden times as there was no English market. They used their butter for the same reason. For their tea in the evening they got oat cake and(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mary Kate Shannon
- Gender
- Female
