School: Kilcullen (B.)

Location:
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 09_024

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  1. About 60 years ago there were three legged pots which were called skittles. Every night one of those were filled with oaten meal and water and boiled. The next morning it would be placed on the middle of the floor and the household would sit around it and eat out of it with big spoons.
    At dinner time they would boil a big skittle of potatoes and a rabbit or a hare if
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig De Núinnseáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    James Nugent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare