School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin

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Food in Olden Times

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 246

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The people long ago used eat three times a day. They used have potatoes for breakfast and others used have yellow meal gruel. The people used have to work about three hours in the morning before eating. Some times for breakfast they used have potatoes and sour milk and salt. When they were eating they used sit around the fire. The kind of bread they used was yellow meal bread made with hot water. The people used eat very late at night. They used eat potatoes and salt. There was no special food used

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Collector
Betty Doyle
Gender
female
Address
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Informant
John Doyle
Gender
male
Address
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Language
English