School: Fíodhnach (roll number 15194)

Location:
Fenagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Rinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0212, Page 257

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  1. The people ate three meals a day long ago. In the morning they used to go out and fodder the cows, and then go to their work, and about nine o'clock they would come in and eat their stirabout. They would have their dinner at two o'clock and they usually took milk and potatoes for it. They seldom took meat. They would have their supper at eight o'clock they used to eat their supper out of noggins. The supper consists of stirabout and butter-milk. At dinner time the children sat around the baskets, the father sat at the head of the table. They used to have tables hung up against the wall, they used to take it down when they wanted it and they could put it up again. There is still one in Joe Maguire's. They used to make boxty and oaten bread. They hardly ever made a soda cake except when
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumroosk South, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    83
    Address
    Drumroosk South, Co. Leitrim