School: Lisdoonan
- Location:
- Lios Dúnáin, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: S. Mac an Éanaigh
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- (continued from previous page)the famine and they did not appreciate them and the next year came the dreadful famine and they did not know what the blight was when it came. The potato crop was a failure for two years and the people had not enough of oat meal to keep them in food.
The people long ago would have to work before they would get their breakfast and they oftentimes got their breakfast out in the stable or the out office in which they would be engaged.
Long ago the people would only taken three meals during the day. These meals were their breakfast, dinner, and supper. Tea was not used in those days as the people did not know about tea. Porridge was the only food for the breakfast and if the oatmeal was run out they would take potatoes. They would also get potatoes for their dinner. They would
- Long ago the people would only taken three meals during the day. These meals were (there) their breakfast, dinner, and supper. Tea was not used in those days as the people did not know about tea. Porridge was the only food for the breakfast and if the oatmeal was run out they would take potatoes. They would also get potatoes for their dinner. They would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Finegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lios na gCoincheann, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Informant
- Mary Burns
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
