School: Baile Uí Dhuibh (B.) (roll number 13635)

Location:
Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Ambrose Madders
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    times in the centre of the floor. The tables used to be hung up when they were not in use. The bread they used to eat long ago was oaten bread. The flour used to be put in a dish and then it used to be mixed up and then the dough used to be wet with milk and salt used to be put in it. Then they used to put it in an oven and bake it.
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  2. Food in Olden Times [-]
    The usual number of meals the people used to get in olden times was two meals a day. The meals they used to get were a saucepan of yellow meal and a cup of buttermilk. This meal used to be eaten in the evening. Work used to be done in the morning before breakfast for nearly three or four hours and sometimes they would
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Daniels
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughdeheen, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Martin Carberry
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Loughdeheen, Co. Waterford