School: Bohermeen (roll number 3115)

Location:
Bohermeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Aindrias Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0702, Page 019

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0702, Page 019

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  1. In olden times three meals were partaken in the day. In the morning the people used to have stirabout for their breakfast and no tea. The men would go off to their work in the fields and their wives or sisters would bring them their breakfast in about two hours after. They would generally quit for dinner about one o'clock and the meal generally consisted of potatoes and a little butter or cabbage and a big mug of buttermilk would be left on the table and the table would be placed on the middle of the floor. Some tables had only one leg in the centre and could be let up and down with hinges and when not in use could be hung up on a peg or left standing along the wall.
    When the Angelus bell would ring the people would come home from their work for the day and they would have stirabout or tea for their supper. Tea was only coming into use then; but oftentimes it would be potatoes for the supper again. They used potatoes at each meal until the blight fell on them and then the
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Neillstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    R. Mc Cormack
    Address
    Neillstown, Co. Meath