School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 038
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- (continued from previous page)table in the centre of the floor when eating their meals. They used to eat oaten meal bread. It was made the same as any bread but baked on a griddle. Meat was eaten sometimes salted meat was generally used sometimes fish was used and vegetables were used often. On St Brigid's night and November night pancakes were baked and apples were also eaten on November night. On St Martin's Night a goose was eaten. On Easter Sunday the people would eat plenty of eggs. The people used never eat late at night. Tea was first used in the district about a hundred years ago. Tin and wooden saucepans called peggins were used before cups became common.
- Collector
- Edward Stapleton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortaniddan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Joe Fogarty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Gortaniddan, Co. Tipperary
