School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)
- Location:
- Scart, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mrs R. Eager
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 382
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- (continued from previous page)for the picking the potatoes in and the scallops were wanted to repair the thatched houses for the coming winter in accordance with the old saying.
"Tis not the day of the wind,
The day of the scallops"
Denis McCarthy age 72 yrs.
Farahy,
Kildorrery,
Co Cork.
James McCarthy Age 12 yrs,
- Food in Olden Times.
In olden times the people had three meals a day, but very often they had to be content with two and two very poor meals. I think they were. They made potato cakes mixed with flour to spare the flour also striabout cakes were made for the same good reason, because the flour was very scarce with the poorer people.
At the time a loaf of bread could be bought for a penny which costs six pence now.
Twice a year mead was eaten by the poor people, but the better class people had it more often of course. They ate(continues on next page) - Collector
- John Hannon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Patrick Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Farahy, Co. Cork
