School: Ráth Maoláin (roll number 16131)

On this page

1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   

   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.

   (continued from previous page)

   saucers, no plates. They had wooden bowls for drinking out of and also had sort of wooden plates. They had no tables as we have or chairs, we are told when the potatoes were boiled they were strained into a basket and left in the middle of the floor then the people sat around and ate them. We are told that the men had five or six hours of work done before they came in to their breakfast of potatoes eggs and milk.

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   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.

   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eibhlín Ní Fachlain

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Patrick Keville

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rathmullen, Co. Sligo