School: Anach (roll number 13630)

Location:
Annagh, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Bhanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 422

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 422

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  1. Long ago the people were so strong and hardy that they were out on the ridge at 5:30 O Clock in the morning and would not take a bit until about nine O Clock.
    The first meal consisted of a pot of good laughing potatoes and a tin saucepan of buttermilk.
    The second meal consisted of a roasted herring and on it was oaten meal boiled with water and made it into a thin gruel. This was the dinner. There was no other meal until work was finished then more potatoes and buttermilk. A lot of milk was drank these times and much butter was eaten.
    The table was a wooden stool with four legs. This was placed on the middle of the floor, and the potatoes when boiled were strained out on a basket and thrown in on the centre of the table. The family sat around this stool and eat the potatoes with buttermilk or sometimes pepper and salt.
    The bread that was used
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Norah Davey
    Gender
    Female