School: Kilrush (roll number 14039)
- Location:
- Ballynaberney, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: C. E. Kidd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 256
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- (continued from previous page)256Bread was sometimes eaten and was not so plentiful. This was made from wheaten meal or from oaten meal.
The oaten meal had to be boiled because if not it would not form a dough.
Meat was not often eaten but sometimes a farmer killed a calf because there was not much sale for calves in those days. In later times American bacon was bough cheaply and this became the usual meat dish then, but it was never taken more than once a day.
Farmers went to Courtown, a distance of 15 mls. for a load of herrings. These they salted in barrels and used throughout the yearRobt. Masterson
Tomanoole.
Information recd
from Thos Kavanagh +
from Henry Masterson
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- Collector
- Robert Masterson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tomanoole, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Henry Masterson
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thomas Kavanagh
- Gender
- Male
