School: Cathair Loisgreáin (C)
- Location:
- Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máire Nic Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0586
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- 1. Long ago they had no tea or bread, and when they would get up in the morning it is potatoes they would have for their breakfast.
2. They used to have oat meal porridge and a sup of milk.
3. They used to have oatmeal cakes, because they had no flour.
4. When they used to be out working in the fields, it is potatoes they used to get. They used to bring a few potatoes in their pockets and they used to eat them at dinner time.
5. They would not have tea and cakes until Christmas.
- Collector
- Delia Mac Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Informant
- James Mac Dermott
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Killamanagh, Co. Galway
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“Long ago the people used not have but oat meal cakes . . .”
6. Long ago the people used not have but oat meal cakes. The way they used to bake them is to put the cakes in between two leaves of cabbage.
7. Another way they used to bake them was (they had no griddle at the time) they(continues on next page)
