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School: Empor (roll number 941)

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Emper, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 072

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  1. Food in Olden Times

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    There were only three meals eaten a day in olden times, the breakfast, the dinner, and the supper.
    The breakfast was eaten at eight o'clock, the dinner at twelve o'clock and the supper at six.
    The people always worked for a couple of hours in the morning before the breakfast.
    The breakfast meal consisted of porridge and buttermilk. The dinner meal consisted of smoked bacon, potatoes and buttermilk.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Nally
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Bernard Molphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath