School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- Long ago the people ate Oat-meal cakes. They called this cake "Tom steel" because it was baked on a stone flag in front of the fire. With this cake they used plenty of home-made butter and home-cured bacon.
The people used to work three hours before their breakfasts. They got up at seven o'clock in the morning and they worked until ten.
In those days they wore no shoes until they were twenty years old. The leather was sown together with leather whangs. When(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
