Volume: CBÉ 0190
- Date
- 1936
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Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 009
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“This is the conclusion of what I sent in, in my last book. It concerns the work that goes on in a farmhouse kitchen.”
(continued from previous page)get plenty of them at every meal, especially during Lent. Easter as a rule comes early in April, and there is great rejoicing. The children get two weeks holidays and are a great help at this time both inside and out in the fields helping to sow the potatoes, etc. When the school opens again we have the early summer. May with all its beauty is soon with us. The breakfast is at 7 o clock, and the dinner is at twelve sharp. The tea is at three in the evening and the supper at seven.
From this month until September all rest, both women and men for about an hour or an hour and a half after dinner, as this is the warmest part of the day. Then when September comes they take no rest as the days are getting cooler and warmer. The old people lie on(continues on next page)