School: Moynalty (B.)

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1. Food in Olden Times

   

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   The people in olden times did not enjoy the luxuries which we enjoy nowadays. They lived mostly on what they grew in their own little farms. The principal food consisted of potatoes and milk. They only took two meals a day in olden times. These meals were the breakfast and the supper. The breakfast was taken at about ten o'clock in the morning after the people had worked for three hours. It consisted of oaten bread and butter-milk and after that a noggin of porridge. Then they would return to work and work until it was dark. When they came home they had a meal of potatoes and buttermilk. The potatoes were poured into a basket called a scib which was placed over a pot on the middle of the floor. Potatoes were only ate at one meal and that was the supper. The bread used was called oaten cake. Oaten meal was mixed with water and salt and put on it. Then it was made level and put standing before a fire on a griddle. A griddle is a round iron with a handle on the side of it. Meat

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Brady

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Moynalty, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Patrick Brady

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Moynalty, Co. Meath