School: Colmán, Fíodh Árd (roll number 14081)

Location:
Colman (Cramptmore), Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Dhomhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0559, Page 205

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0559, Page 205

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  1. People ate three meals a day in olden times, namely breakfast, dinner and supper. The breakfast consisted of potatoes or porridge(stirabout) oaten bread and skimmed milk. The skimmed milk was hung over the fire in a skillet until it turned into Whey. This is the drink which was used in this district for breakfast.
    Potatoes eggs and butter were used for dinner - all home produced.
    For supper potatoes or porridge and skimmed milk were eaten and drunk. Barley bread was also very commonly used. The bread was made on a griddle.
    Meat was only very rarely eaten and fish was consumed occasionally.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Dhomhnaill
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    T. Landy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70