School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 09_029
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- Long ago the people used to only eat two meals.
The breakfast and dinner and sometimes they might have a plate of yellow meal before they used to go to bed. They used to get up at dawn and they used to work till 11 o'clock before getting any food.
They used to stay up at night cutting and tying oats. They used to eat potatoes at every meal.
The people used buy American bacon sometimes.
And everyone used to kill a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Tónra
- Gender
- Male
