School: Tarmon (roll number 13997)
- Location:
- Tarmon, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: P. Layden
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- Long ago the people used to eat great feeds. At their breakfast they would eat a great feed for porridge and buttermilk and when dinner-time came they would eat potatoes and buttermilk and at supper-time they would eat oat-cake and new milk. The people of long ago were very strong on account of the great appetites they had. They had great teeth on account of them eating oat-meal cakes. They used always do two hours work before their breakfast. The people used to only buy flour at festivals. The potato was the chief food of the Irish people long ago. It is said that it was Sir Walter Raleigh who brought the potatoes to Ireland first. In the years of 1845, 1846 and 1847 a terrible disease called the(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Joseph Early
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Moneenreave, Co. Leitrim
