School: Bundoracha (roll number 14331)
- Location:
- Bundorragha, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Siúbhán Bean Uí Bhúrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137D, Page 01_078
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- In olden times people took three meals a day and in this part of the country they called them breakfast, dinner and supper. The people always worked before the morning meal. They sometimes ate (ate) their meals at their work or at home. They ate a great number of potatoes and indian meal and drank milk and they also ate a lot of butter and eggs. In this place milk was always called milk. In this place the tables were always placed on the middle of the floor. We(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Treasa Ní h-Oireachtaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Micheál O h-Oireachtaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Delphi, Co. Mayo
