School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 315
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- In olden times most of the people eat three meals a day. Breakfast, dinner and supper. The breakfast was eaten in the morning, the dinner in the middle of the day, and the supper at night-fall. The people always did a lot of work before their breakfast. The breakfast consisted of oat-cake, and milk or porridge and milk. The dinner consisted of Irish bacon, potatoe's, and vegetables. The supper consisted of porridge and milk.
The poor people used to eat potatoes at every meal. Only the rich people had tables to take their meals on, the poor had to use large stools. Most of the bread that was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Mc Keon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doirín na Saor, Co. Ros Comáin
