School: Ballyhahill (C.) (roll number 10686)
- Location:
- Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: H. Fitzgerald
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- (continued from previous page)People were very fond of sour milk, and drank large quantities of it in farmers' houses, where it was very plentiful. If family were large, or if there were several employed, the kitchen table was usually drawn out, to the middle of the floor, otherwise it was left near the wall. Flour bread consisting of all white flour was baked in a "bastible" Meat was not often eaten, only about twice a week. Bacon was the chief meat used. Fish was eaten, when it could be had.
Turnips and cabbages were the vegetables eaten. People never ate late at night. Turkeys were not used at Christmas long ago. Geese were the favourite then. Wooden mugs were used before cups became common. People indulged in eating a big number of eggs at Easter. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Annetta Dalton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonlahard East, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs James Dalton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 81
- Address
- Cloonlahard East, Co. Limerick