School: Liath-Mhuine
- Location:
- Leaffony, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Fhionnlaoich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 425
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- In olden times people only ate one meal a day or two at most. These were eaten morning and evening. The people in olden times used to rise very early and have a lot of work done before the first meal.
The food they used to eat was stirabout, or potatoes and buttermilk. They ate stirabout and drink milk in the evening and potatoes and milk in the morning. The people used to put a basket on a three legged stool and put a noggin of buttermilk in the middle and they would peel the potatoes with their fingers and sup out of the noggin.
- Collector
- Leslie Henry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartron, Co. Sligo
