School: Both Íseal (roll number 16744)
- Location:
- An Bhoth Íseal, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Séamus Ua Conchobhair
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- (continued from previous page)boil again so as that it would get thick. After it being boiled it was left cool. Then they used eat it. The stir about that is made now is given to the animals. The people now have potatoes only once a day.
The old people used to have no tea. It was very scarce and too expensive to buy. They would have a few cakes of "caudy" and a few cakes of "stampy" for Christmas. They thought that was a great thing to have. They used to have a lot of stir about for that night. They never used never have a roast goose for Christmas. They used to kill some of their animals.
- Informant
- John Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Doirín na nÁiríoch, Co. Chiarraí
