School: Cathair Loisgreáin (B)
- Location:
- Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic de Chlár
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“People sat at same place at table. Often eggs were boiled along with potatoes...”
(continued from previous page)or stone of potatoes mixed with a little flour, mixed with hands and kneaded baked on a griddle supported on a brand. Several cakes called Stampy were made and eaten at meals"Stampy cake a d'ath mo chorp
Agus Seán Ó Caoilte atá go bocht"A little invalid boy used to say in the evening after a long day:"Is truagh gan mo leaicín líoratha (?) (licked)
Agus mo cheannín líortha agus me i m codladh." The lickeen (Leacín) served as a plate or dish: it was a little flag - they had no plates.
Is b'fhearr liom ná sgillingDá bhfeicim mo chaoraTeacht go dtí an doras dom ló no oidhcheDo thabharfadh sí an bainne dhomDo thabharfadh sí an t-im dhomDo chuirfeadh sí an jackedeen (frock) suas ar mo ghualainnÓ nach milis í is ó nach meidhreach Ó nach milis í an chaora leath-adharchach
A poor woman who lost her sheep and used to sing above shows simplicity and sole means of living
- Mrs P Clair Kilcornan, Ennistymon- Collector
- Mr P. Clair
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcornan, Co. Clare