School: Mount Stewart, Ceapach Chuinn
- Location:
- Mountstuart, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Úna, Bean Uí Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0643, Page 204
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - They had three meals a day in the olden times which consisted of potatoes, sour milk and stir about.
They had to rise with the lark and work about three hours before breakfast. They used to fish and eat the fish they would catch.
They very seldom ate any meat at Christmas and Easter is was a luxury. They grew their own wheat, at Christmas they used to set it. Then they would get it ground at the nearest mill into flour. On a griddle they used to bake it. They lived on potatoes,(continues on next page)
