School: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4124)

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   person. Tea was first used about a century ago.

   Collector: Patrick Dwane
   Informant: Mr. James Dwane

   

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2. Food in Olden Times

   

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   The breakfast was eaten about 7.30 a.m, the dinner about 11.30 p.m and supper about 7 p.m. People worked in the morning before having food. Each meal was of a different kind - one of potatoes, thick milk and salt; another was porridge from oat-meal; another meal consisted of butter, potatoes salt and buttermilk. When the family was large the people sat round the table in the centre of the floor. They ate brown bread made by themselves and the cakes were baked in a griddle. They ground the wheat themselves. Meat was eaten at Christmas and Easter.

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty Kelleher

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Oldcastletown, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr David O' Keefe

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   73

   Address

   Oldcastletown, Co. Cork

3. Food in Olden Times

   

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   Three meals of potatoes and sour milk the people had long ago, and very seldom had meat. These meals were - breakfast

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