School: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4124)

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Graigue, Co. Cork
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Mícheál Ó Lionacháin
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    was drunk with the potatoes. Brown bread was eaten long ago and was baked in a bastible. In some houses meat used to be eaten twice or three times a week. Bacon that was mostly eaten long ago. Christmas was the only time people used to drink tea long ago. The people of long ago ate their supper of potatoes and sour milk and then went to bed. At Easter the people used to have a quarter of veal and eggs and at Christmas a gallon of whiskey and a lamb.
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boleynanoultagh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Cullenagh, Co. Cork