School: Fearglass (roll number 15616)

Location:
Fearglass South, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 496

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  1. Told by Patrick Reilly
    Food of long ago
    The food the people used long ago was potatoes and porridge and oaten bread. When the people used to go out to work long ago, they had to work about three hours before their breakfast.
    When they would go in for their breakfast it would be oaten-porridge and butter-milk. There were three sorts of boxty they used namely boxty loaf, pan boxty, and dumplings.
    On Hallow Eve they used to eat culcannon or boxty. They used to eat oaten porridge for their
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Milton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Beihy, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    James Milton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Beihy, Co. Leitrim