School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0292, Page 096
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- People used to have three meals a day in olden times. Breakfast, dinner, and supper were the meals they used to have. About nine o'clock in the morning they used to have their breakfast, and at about two o'clock they had their dinner and at seven o'clock their supper.
They used to work in the morning before having their breakfast. They used to have bread and tea for their breakfast, and before tea came into use they used to have potatoes and sour milk. They used to have potatoes and milk and sometimes they used to have a little meat or fish for their dinner, and for their supper they used to have potatoes and sour milk. Potatoes, when they were to be had, were eaten at every meal by the majority of the people. When(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rita Helen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Cornelius Hellen
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Rathruane Beg, Co. Cork
