School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin
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- (continued from previous page)At six o’clock they get ready for tea this is like the breakfast. The they eat porridge for their supper at nine.Time: Seven o’clock
Meal: The Breakfast
What the meal is: Tea and bread and sometimes eggs or sometimes rashers.Time: Twelve o’clock
Meal: The Dinner
What the meal is: Potatoes and bacon and cabbage and often tea.Time: Four o’clock
Meal: The Tea
What the meal is: There might be apple cakes with it or some jam.Time: Nine o’clock
Meal: The Supper
What the meal is: Sometimes we would have porrage and other times bread and milk.
