School: Coillte Críotáin

On this page

1. Food in Olden Times

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   3. The people in olden times used to take only one meal a day. They used to drink black tea and eat bread without butter. They used to drink butter milk. They used to drink butter milk. They used to eat corn bread. They used to eat meat. They used to eat in the morning very early.

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maggie Ann Toman

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Brislagh, Co. Roscommon

2. Food in Olden Times

   

   Share Share Post

   4. In olden times people used to eat three meals a day. The people did work in the morning before their breakfast. They used to sit on the middle of the floor. Oaten bread was eaten. Plum-pudding and turkey was eaten at Christmas, pan-cakes on Shrove Tuesday.

   (continues on next page)

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit