School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)

Location:
Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 289

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 289

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  1. People long ago used to have three meals a day. These three meals were breakfast, dinner and supper. They used to eat porridge, salt, and butter - milk in the morning, potatoes, salt, and milk for their dinner stirabout, and in some houses potatoes and salt for their tea. Breakfast used to be at eight
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    B. Cusack
    Informant
    Mrs Cusack
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 45
    Address
    Baile Mhistéil, Co. Meath