School: Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10956)

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1. Food in the Olden Times (continued)

   

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   and nearly always when there was a big family or a number of workmen in a home, the workers of the house used to spread a sack on the floor and put the potatoes on it and let everyone help themselves in that way and where they had tables they used to put them in the middle of the floor, so as to give plenty of room to everybody at either side of it.

   Yellow meal bread was in general use in those days and it was made with sour milk and yellow meal. Meat was not eaten much except by the well-to-do people and the kind of meat that was eaten was pork. Turnip was in general use in those days too but it has been replaced by several vegetables which seem more palatable as parsnips, cauliflower, carrots etc.

   People were in the habit of having late suppers and they were quite agreeable to them as their constitutions were better than they are today.

   In olden times and only twice a year after Easter and Christmas, the people thought it a great treat to get a cup of tea and

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Mc Gillicuddy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Killegane, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mrs Mary Mc Gillicuddy

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   83

   Address

   Killegane, Co. Kerry