School: Leggah, Moyne (roll number 14328)
- Location:
- Leggagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Francis Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 555
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- Long ago the people lived on three meals a day, namely breakfast, dinner and supper.
The breakfast was eaten about nine o'clock and consisted of oaten meal porridge or stirabout and buttermilk. The men were always called to breakfast as they generally had a couple of hours work done by the time it was ready.
The dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and bacon, and amongst the poorer classes it consisted of potatoes and salt with buttermilk. A piece of oaten bread was generally eaten after each meal.
The supper was eaten about eight o'clock at night and consisted of stirabout and buttermilk.
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- Collector
- Margaret Reynolds
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garvary, Co. Longford
- Informant
- James Reynolds
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Garvary, Co. Longford
