Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 2)
- Date
- 1937–1938
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0463, Page 0143
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- Our parents who had gone through the famine were not accustomed to tea. They frequently strained away the tea from the leaf- to the tea leaves they added salt, pepper and butter and eat them with bread using the tea as a drink.
On one occasion when I was about seven years old in company with my cousin I went to visit an old woman who had lived through the famine. It was at Xmas time - Kitty (the old woman) had great welcome for us, seated us on the ground in front of the fire on the huth - she then got a small pot. (skillet) into which she put an naggin of water, a half lb of currants, a half lb raisins (her supply for Xmas) 1/4 lb of sugar and a handful of dried tea - then hung the pot over the fire until it came to a boil. When she broke into this brew half a loaf, removed the pot from the fire and placed it on the one, and only 3 legged wooden stool in the house, gave each of us a wooden spoon to eat our feast out of the pot - including the tea leaves - we enjoyed it
