School: Errill, Ballybrophy (roll number 928)
- Location:
- Errill, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 363
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- (continued from previous page)that time was very bad, because it was made of very bad flour, and it was baked on a griddle. Mostly porridge was eaten then, people were too poor to buy meat. Very little meat was used in the olden times, and when it was used it was salt meat was used.
On Christmas Day people used eat a goose for their dinner, and in the evening they used eat rice with whiskey poured over it, The younger members of the family used get sweet cake, Before any cups were out tin mugs made like cups were used.
- Informant
- Tomás Ó Bheacáin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 37
- Occupation
- Ceannaí
- Address
- Errill, Co. Laois
