School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach
- Location:
- Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 246
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- In olden times people only had three meals a day, which were breakfast, dinner and supper. People at that time worked a few hours in the morning before eating any food. They had their breakfast then at about 10 o'c; dinner at three, and supper at seven o'c.
Their breakfast consisted of Indian meal porridge eaten with [?] milk or "súcán". "Súcán" was the juice [?] oatmeal got by steeping it in water [?]
For dinner they had potatoes, butter milk and salt, and they had porridge again for supper.
Some of the people seldom [?] potatoes. When they were dug they were stored away for seed, and [?] not eaten until slitting-time [slitted or divided into parts to be re planted](continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Craggagh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Lavin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo
