School: Baile Idir Dhá Abhainn (roll number 13196)
- Location:
- Riverstown, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0180, Page 152
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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. - The people long ago used Indian Meal porridge and buttermilk. This porridge was often used as breakfast or for supper. They took three meals a day and potatoes were frequently used for supper with butter, salt, and milk.
Bacon was largely used also and every household killed its own pig which was hung up on the wall over the fireplace. The (pol) people also ate oaten cakes which were very hard and the people often preserved their teeth by eating those cakes. It is said that from eating them people often brought sound sets of (the) teeth to the grave with them.
The men often had to go out working in the morning such as ploughing before their breakfast. The table in the house was always kept at the wall.(continues on next page)
