School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)

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1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

   

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   potatoes. Large acres of potatoes were grown in those times and when the crop was stored in during Autumn a cake known as stampy was baked and considered a rare treat.
   Men often had half an acre of hay mown in the morning before taking any food. This work was done with scythes as machinery was then unknown and was laborious. The children as well as adults lived on the potato and milk diet and very seldom drank tea. Wheaten bread and sour milk were used a couple of times a week. The wheat was home grown and milled and then baked in an oven and afforded a good sound diet with plenty of home sour milk.
   The table was usually drawn out from the wall for the meals and where there was a large family it was placed in the middle of the floor. All the people of the house sat on long stools

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Quilter

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyhennessy, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Michael Dowling

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballintogher, Co. Kerry