School: Convent of Mercy, Moville (roll number 9278)
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sr. Celestine Clarke
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- (continued from previous page)on outside the town and taken off when returning home. I have often asked the old friends whether they were not just as happy and healthy in these old days as today "Yes" they say. The girls had shawls and no hats, and seldom wore shoes or stockings. Food was very cheap and very simple. Even a century ago I am told that potatoes were not common. They lived on oatmeal porridge and oat-bread, and drank buttermilk. Indian meal was little used, nor was tea drunk, except as a luxury. Wages were indeed, small, but food was equally cheap. There was less means of transport. Consequently cod, each weighing fourteen pounds or more were 2/6 a dozen.
- Collector
- Rita Mc Gowen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carnagarve, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Bishop Montgomery
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Bishop
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal