School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:: Cill Átha Chroim, Co. Chiarraí
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Food in Olden Times

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Long ago people only ate three meals a day. For breakfast they had bread made of Indian meal and wet with boiled water with no soda and skimmed milk. For dinner they had potatoes and skimmed milk and for supper they had stirabout made with yellow meal boiled in water. This was also eaten with skimmed milk. In the morning they worked for about an hour before breakfast. About nine o'clock they had breakfast. About two o'clock they had dinner, and from seven to eight they had supper. The table was always put in the
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Topics
1. táirgí
  táirgí bia (~3,601)
Language

English
Collector
B. Ní Chonchubhair
Gender

Female
Address

Cill Átha Chroim, Co. Chiarraí

Informant
Mrs Michael O' Connor
Gender

Female
Address

Fionnúig, Co. Chiarraí