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School: Coillte Bó (roll number 15984)

Location:
Kiltybo, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Michael S. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0107, Page 341

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  1. Food in Olden Times

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    In olden times people used to have three meals a day. They were breakfast, dinner and supper. One of them was eaten in the morning, another in the middle of the day and the last meal was eaten in the night. During the Spring season the people used to work before eating the morning meal. The people used to have potato-cakes and oaten-meal cakes for breakfast, potatoes for the dinner and stirabout for the supper.
    Potatoes were not eaten at every meal. Milk was drunk often. Butter-milk that was nearly always used. People used to sit around the table in the centre of the floor. The table was never hung up against the wall when not in use. It was never placed near
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Mc Nicholas
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curneen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Nicholas
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curneen, Co. Mayo