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School: Kilcleagh (Mixed) (roll number 14742)

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Kilcleagh, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0744, Page 167

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    In olden times people got three meals daily, breakfast, dinner and supper. The breakfast was eaten about nine o'clock, the dinner about one o'clock and the supper around eight o'clock. The people worked for about two hours before their breakfast in olden times. They had potatoes for their breakfast and dinner and they had wheaten-bread and milk for their supper.
    The people long ago never sat around the table in the centre of the floor, it was placed against the wall under the window. The bread they used was wheaten-bread ; it was made of wheaten meal wet with water and sometimes with milk.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Claffey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killogeenaghan, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs P. Claffey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Killogeenaghan, Co. Westmeath