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School: An Gleanntán, Lombardstown

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An Gleanntán, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Colmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0363, Page 058

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  1. Food in Olden Times

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    In olden times the people used to have three meals in the day, breakfast, dinner and supper. They used to be up very early in the morning and have a lot of work done before they got their breakfast which was only potatoes, salt and milk.
    For dinner they used to get potatoes, skim milk, salt and sometimes a bit of butter.
    The supper consisted of Indian meal boiled. Each person would get some of this on a plate, and a cup of sour milk to take with it. They used very seldom get bread except on a feast
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    Topics
    1. táirgí
      1. táirgí bia (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Cholgan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Scarbhach, Co. Chorcaí