School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)
- Location:
- Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Garland
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- (continued from previous page)breakfast. Breakfast consisted of Indian meal, stirabout and potatoes, and sometimes a meal which was called "Solomon Grundy". This was made from potatoes, onions and pepper. Dinner was taken at twelve o'clock when the Angelus bell was ringing. Dinner was the principal meal of the day and it consisted of potatoes and buttermilk. They also had food called "rasp" which was made from potatoes which were chipped with a rasp. They were then mixed with oaten meal and water and baked on a gridiron for a half an hour. Bread was made from oaten meal and water and wheaten bread was also eaten.
At Christmas they bought a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mona Montgomery
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Paddy Scott
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
