School: Lemanaghan, Ballycumber

Location:
Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Máire Galvin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0810, Page 181

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  1. The people had three meals a day in olden times. The name of the meals were breakfast dinner and supper. The people worked from six o'clock till nine without food.
    Potatoes were very often used. Milk was seldom used except Buttermilk. The table was placed near the wall. There were not much cows out to have milk.
    Oaten bread was used. It was made on a grid-iron. The meat was eaten salt. The name of it was American Bacon. there were no special food. Nagans were used instead of cups.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maire Ní Coclain
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrynagun, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Patrick Coughlan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrynagun, Co. Offaly