School: Cnoc an Teampoill (B.), Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Freemount, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0366, Page 114
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- 114Food In Olden Times.The people lived on three meals a day in olden times. Porridge or gruel made from yellow meal with skim milk was the morning meal. Oat-meal porridge was used only by those who could afford it. The dinner consisted of potatoes and dip; meat was a rarity, used only during Christmas times. Potatoes and sour milk was the evening meal. In houses where potatoes were plentiful, potatoes were used three times a day. If a person chanced to call at one of the farmers' houses during meal times, it was no uncommon sight to see the kitchen table on the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eugene Kavanagh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Tom Glouer
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Freemount, Co. Cork
