School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Dún Uabhair, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 115
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- Food in Olden TimesIn olden times the people had only three meals each day, breakfast, dinner and supper. They made the porridge from Indian meal and they made wheaten bread and oaten meal bread which they baked in a griddle before the fire. Frances O'Toole (Scoláire)The above was told by Thomas Murray (aged about 60), Donore, Drogheda.
