School: Cloonkeen Kerrill (roll number 15429)
- Location:
- Clonkeenkerrill, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Theresa M. Hurley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0078, Page 367
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- (continued from previous page)put sugar on it. It was only given to infants and children. Pot cakes were pots of gruel and an oaten caked put into it. When it was boiled they ate the cake and drank the gruel out of mugs. Meat was eaten very seldom and it was salt meat. Fish was never eaten. The people did not eat later than six o'clock. They got tea and flour at Christmas and Easter. Tea came in use about seventy years ago. Mugs were used before cups came in use.
