School: Toomore (roll number 16401)
- Location:
- Toomore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 144
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- Some years ago the people had different meals to what we have now and yet they were of a much hardier race then this present one. Their meals consisted of potatoes, porridge and later on coffee came into use but it was much later when the tea came.
It is only fifty years ince tea first introduced in Ireland. There were very few tables at this time, in some houses there was a box turned on it's side and in other housed there were large seats and those served as tables for(continues on next page)
