School: Beacán (C.)
- Location:
- Bekan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchú
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- (continued from previous page)oat meal, sugar and water in a basin and by kneading it until it got hard and it was then put before the fire to take.
They had the dinner about two o'clock and they usually had potatoes, cabbage and meat and about six o'clock they had porridge again and milk.
From Shrove Tuesday until Easter they never used any meat or eggs and on fast days they used only one meal and they never used milk(continues on next page)
