School: Loughmoe (C.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 7594)
- Location:
- Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0551, Page 149
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- I lay my body down to sleep,
I pray to God my soul to keep,
And if I day before I wake,
I pray to God my soul to keep.
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When lying down at night make the letters I.N.R.I. on forehead and breast and you will never die suddenly.
- For breakfast porridge made from oaten meal and yellow meal was made and eaten with skimmed milk. The milk was drunk from a wooden mug called a peggin or noggan.
For dinner:- potatoes and milk and sometimes eggs.
Supper like either breakfast or dinner
Three meals only were taken each day. Barley bread oaten bread and wheaten bread were used.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Peggy Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John O Dea
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
