School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)
- Location:
- Coill an Daingin, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0534, Page 128
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- People long ago had three meals a day. Their breakfast consisted of a cup of tea and oaten bread. At the dinner "potatoes and point" were eaten. If the old people were asked about this meal they would say the potatoes were peeled and pointed into a slice of butter. The supper consisted of porridge and a mug of milk.
The table was usually in the centre of the floor. When each meal was eaten the table was hung up on the wall. There was a ring on each side of the table and it was by these the table was hung up on the wall on nails.
Long ago oaten bread was generally eaten. Meat was eaten by the rich people once or twice a week. The poor people eat meat every Christmas day. Sometimes the poor men went fishing and caught herrings enough to feed them for a week.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maisie Cleary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coill an Daingin, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mrs Fanny Cleary
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Coill an Daingin, Co. Thiobraid Árann
