School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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- (continued from previous page)In the olden times the old people would sit round a basket made of rods in the middle of flore and they would eat herrin and potatoes to their dinner. It was all salted things they ate.
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- Informant
- John Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Sladran, Co. Donegal
- Long ago the people ate potatoes to every every meal that they got. For their breakfast they got potatoes oaten bread and sweet milk. For their dinner they got potatoes and sweet milk. They got oaten bread sweet milk and potatoes for their tea and they got oaten porridge for their suppers.
At that time the people did not used any tea except at Christmas day and on Easter Sunday. They cook(continues on next page)
