School: Cill Loiste (Killusty), Fíodh Árd (roll number 16111)
- Location:
- Killusty North, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mheacháir
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 542
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- About seventy years ago, tea, white bread and many foods in use now were then unknown. The food of the people consisted of potatoes and porridge, the latter (consisted) was used for breakfast and supper, with skimmed milk. Potatoes and salt with skimmed milk, and sometimes eggs and butter, were taken for dinner. Meat was scarcely ever used except at Christmas. Bread was made with oaten meal and water, and people drank cider with it for the evening meal. There was a large table in the kitchen, which when not in use could be hung up against the wall.
- Collector
- Josie Kane
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Killusty North, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Joseph Kane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Killusty North, Co. Tipperary
