School: Baile an Doire (roll number 16410)

Location:
Ballinderry, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Maolmhichíl
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0021, Page 0267

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  1. The people of the olden times used only eat two meals in the day, while they use four now-a-days. They went out working often before they ate their meals, they came in and ate their breakfast then. They used porridge and goats milk for their breakfast.
    They used oaten-meal cake and goat's milk for their tea in the evening.
    The table they used was very much different to the table they use now. They got a pot and left it in the middle of the floor and they left a scib on the top of it. In the middle was placed a plate with dip in it and every one in the house dipped what they ate in it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Charles Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brackloon, Co. Galway