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 07_021
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- (continued from previous page)grain. Seldom or ever meat was used. Fish was often eaten. The Oaten bread and Rye bread are never used now. When the potatoes were dug long ago it was a general rule to make stampy of the potatoes and the people used have a great feast of stampy and skimmed milk. At Christmas sweet bread and bakers bread were used but were very rare, and also feasting was carried on. There were special customs for feasting (e. g.) Fresh fowl was killed for St. Martin's night and the blood was preserved and used for a cure. Before cups became common they used wooden mugs and cups and platters made from beach and the cups were known as Pegins. There were also wooden eggcups used.
- Collector
- S. Ó Duilleáin
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Dillon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ennismore, Co. Kerry
