School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Cill Mogeanna, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- (continued from previous page)the wall & when meals were finished, it was turned up against the wall
Meat was very seldom used. Colcannon was made on special occasions & eaten late at night. Pancakes were another special food. Eggs were eaten in great numbers on Easter Sunday. Tea became the custom about one hundred years ago.
- The table was always put n the middle of the floor when they were eating their meals & when it was not being used it was hung up against the wall.
Before cups came into use, tin-pints & bowls were used. - Collector
- Ella Dunne
- Gender
- Female
- It was only the rich farmer could have meat, because the poor farmer had to sell his pig to pay the rent.
- They used oats, wheat, rye & barley, ground & made into bread. Children were fed on porridge & boiled fish.
The corn was ground by means of querns. - Oaten-bread was eaten. It was made on the griddle.
