School: Brughtheine (B.), Malla
- Location:
- Churchtown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Tighearnaigh
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“About one hundred years ago poor people used to eat potatoes three times a day.”
About one hundred years ago poor people used to eat potatoes three times a day. They were boiled in a big pot. When boiled they were thrown up on a table and perhaps there may be a bag under them.
The people peeled the potatoes with the nail of the thumb. They may have salt with them or if they were lucky they would have butter milk. They drank the butter milk out of a piggen which was made of timber and it was very awkward to use.
- Collector
- Francis Guiney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clashelane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Con Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Imogane, Co. Cork