School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
- Location:
- Ceanannas, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 030
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- Long ago, the people were far stronger than they are now. They used to eat plenty of oaten bread which was made on a gridiron before a fire. This cake took an hour to bake and when it was baked it used to be as hard as a rock. Although it was hard it was splendid for the teeth and the people brought sound sets of teeth to the grave with them. The people also ate plenty of "oaten-meal stirabout" as they called it, and they used to eat potatoes and buttermilk three times a day and sometimes salted meat but very seldom fresh meat. They used to eat three times a day and sometimes if they felt like having a feed of boiled bacon and cabbage and potatoes they ate it about seven or eight o'clock p.m. They drank goat's milk and sometimes buttermilk for their supper.
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- Collector
- Annie Farrelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
