School: Corra Cluana (roll number 14054)
- Location:
- Corracloona, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomháin
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- In addition to information already given from other sources previously in this book, Mrs Mc Morrow supplies the following:
(a) The people lived on the products of the farm - potatoes - oatmeal - bacon - butter - milk
(b) "Mixed milk" was used with potatoes. "Mixed milk" meant a mixture of sweet milk and buttermilk.
(c) Tea was rarely used until about 80 years ago.
(d) The wooden mugs out of which people drank were called "piggins". A larger wooden vessel was called a "noggin". - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Mrs B. Mc Morrow
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- The house was built of stone and mortar, they were thatched(continues on next page)