School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:
Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 14_064

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  1. The people long ago had three meals a day. The breakfast, the dinner and the supper. Some people used work about two hours in the morning before they ate their breakfasts. The breakfast usually consisted of potatoes, salt and buttermilk. For the dinner they had potatoes and skimmed milk and the supper consisted of stirabout made with yellow meal and boiled in water. At that time the bread they used was made with meal and water, this was called "pak". The table was always put in the middle of the house if the
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eilís Nic Mhuiris
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Patrick Fitzmaurice
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ennismore, Co. Kerry