School: Gleann Fhaoilidh (Gleneely)
- Location:
- Gleneely, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1099, Page 204
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- (continued from previous page)oaten bread and at night they got "sawins" which was made out of oaten meal and seeds. It had to be steeped in a tub for three days and then it was boiled and the people supped it.
The table was taken out to the middle of the floor and then all the people sat round. When the people got tea first they did not know how to use it. In olden times they always ate the leaves and threw away the juice until they got better knowledge how to use it.
The people got plenty of salt fish and fresh fish to eat. Sometimes the rich farmers killed their own cows and calves lasted them for a long time. They never saw(continues on next page)
