School: Loughill

Location:
Ballymunterhiggin, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eibhlis Ní Mhathghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1026, Page 173

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1026, Page 173

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  1. People never had more than three meals a day, breakfast, dinner and supper. People usually get up at four o’clock in the morning and worked until about eight when they had breakfast. Each meal consisted chiefly of potatoes if the people had them and if not porridge. Butter milk was the chief drink. Potatoes were put in a wooden ring called a “hoop” which was placed on the centre of the table. This “hoop” was bottomless. The table was placed sometimes on the centre of the floor and all sat around it. Tables were sometimes attached to the wall by means of an iron
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Campbell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Drumacrin, Co. Donegal