School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

Location:
Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 040

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 040

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  1. Long ago people used to have two meals a day the breakfast and tea. There (sic) breakfast was eaten about six o clock in the morning they used to eat bread and cheese. They used to have no potatoes in Ireland milk was drunk at every meal before going to bed. They used to eat bread and fish & then they would fry it on the pan they used to eat fish fish very often & used to say it was good for them, Some used eat no fish. All people eat eggs on Easter Sunday Some eat three it is not the same ammount (sic) any one eat
    Pupil; Mary Clohesy. Killamoyne Borrisoleigh, Co Tipperary
    Got from: Thomas Clohesy. Killamoyne Borrisoleigh Co Tipperary
    50 yrs.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Clohesy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Thomas Clohesy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary