School: An Cnocán Bán, Áth Treasa (roll number 12999)
- Location:
- Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Ríordáin
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- Food in Olden Times.
Long ago they used only eat three meals every day. Work was always done before breakfast they used work for about two hours or so and then eat their breakfast.
Potatoes were generally eaten at every meal, sour milk they used eat with them. They used sometimes have porridge for supper either oatmeal or yellow meal . At Christmas people used have butter and meat but no other time.
At Easter they used have eggs nearly for all meals. But no other time.
- In olden times people had three meals a day, and for these three meals they had potatoes and skim milk. The three meals they used have were their breakfast, dinner, and supper.
People always worked in former times before breakfast. They usually had their(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mrs T. J. Twomey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Meenkearagh, Co. Cork
