School: An Teampoll Geal, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 3549)
- Location:
- Whitechurch, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Liam Ó Faoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0644, Page 69
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“The old people long ago had no clocks.”
The old people long ago had no clocks. When they went to sell their eggs they went in the middle of the night because they did not know the time. Most of the people when they went on a journey should wait till the cock crew at two o'clock. The animals were scarce then. The people used to walk barefoot and carry the basket of eggs on their head. They made a 'póilín' of hay or straw and fixed it on their head and then left the basket down on it. They had to live on very poor food - potatoes and sour milk for their dinner and stirabout for their breakfast.
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“Bhí fear ann fadó agus bhí mac aige.”
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- Máire Ní Cobhthaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Keereen Lower, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Tomás Ó Loingsig
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Keereen Lower, Co. Waterford