School: Johnstown (roll number 877)
- Location:
- Johnstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Miss H.C. Hickie
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0687, Page 139
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- The men started work at 6 o'clock. A pot of oatmeal stirrabout was boiled for their breakfast and a ring of saucepans and a can of buttermilk together with the stirabout was taken out of them about 7 o'clock.Dinner.
Dinner consisted of potatoes - a basketful of them. A wooden plate called a Trenchard of butter and a can of buttermilk. Extensive farmers kept a donkey and car for carrying the food to the fields.Evening Meal
When the dinner was over the stirrabout for the last meat was put on. This was eaten about 7 o'clock.Bread
Wheaten Bread wet with water and a little salt and baked on a griddle. no soda.
One stone of flour was used for one cake. baked on the griddle.
A great deal of butter was used. any surplus was sold for 8d or 9d per lb.
- Informant
- Mrs Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Kilcarn, Co. Meath
