School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)
- Location:
- Clongeen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Brian Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 326
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- (continued from previous page)the following Christmas Pewter mugs were used before cups became common also pint tins were used.
- In olden times people only got three meals a day, breakfast, dinner and supper. They got potatoes for their dinner and supper. They used to get up at five o'clock in the morning and go out into the field to work and they were brought out a keeler of porridge for their breakfast.They did not get any vegetables except potatoes . When the potatoes were strained they were put into a basket and laid on the floor, then the people of the house sat around the basket and peeled potatoes with their fingers. They always drank buttermilk with the potatoes.
They ate oaten bread made(continues on next page) - Collector
- A. White
- Address
- Foulkesmill, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs White
- Gender
- Female
