School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)

Location:
Dysart, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ní Ailpín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 062

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 062

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  1. At nine o'clock in the morning a pot of porridge went out to the field and a can of buttermilk.
    At half six at night they stopped work and they got potatoes and salt again or sometimes a bit of oaten bread.
    On Christmas Day and Easter Sunday they got tea and boiled meat and on Good Friday Black Tea. The vegetables used were turnips onions and cabbage.
    On Shrove Tuesday pancakes were made. On Hollantide night colcannon was eaten. Noggins were made before cups. No one remembers tea when tea was first used.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Detta Campbell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathdrumin, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Campbell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathdrumin, Co. Louth