School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)
- Location:
- Killadangan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 05_023
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- In olden times the people had not the sweet food they have today. For their breakfast each morning they had yellow meal stirabout and a wooden mug of buttermilk, with which they were well satisfied.
In those days if they had a spare sixpence they did not spend it on a leg of beef, it went on the real wants of the house. The people were well pleased to have their fill of potatoes and buttermilk for dinner every day.
They ate the same thing in the evening, and they(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prospect, Co. Mayo
