School: Cluain Uamha (C.) (roll number 12828)

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   People worked for fourpence a day long ago.

   

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2. Food in Olden Times

   

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   Generally the people had three meals a day in olden times - breakfast, dinner and supper. For breakfast they had potatoes, and they worked for two or three hours (long ago) before it. For dinner they had potatoes and thick milk, and for supper, which was about eight o'clock, they had potatoes and milk, and sometimes they had oaten bread and milk. The table

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary J. Walshe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloyne, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs Quirke

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloyne, Co. Cork