School: Killyconnan (B.)
- Location:
- Killyconnan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Kearney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 132
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- (continued from previous page)eat the most eggs. Wooden vessels called "noggins" were used instead of cups.
- People had three meals a day in olden times. people often worked in the morning before having food. The breakfast consisted of porridge and buttermilk. The dinner consisted of potatoes, vegetables and buttermilk. For supper they had porridge and buttermilk and sometimes potatoes. People sat around a table in the middle of the floor while eating. Noggins and porringers were used before cups became common. On Easter Sunday there would be a bet to see who would eat the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Andrew Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Andrew Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Cargagh, Co. Cavan
