School: Lisdowney, Ballyragget
- Location:
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mheachair
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- Collector
- Josie Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr Edward Delaney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- The food the people had to eat in olden times consisted mostly of stirabout and potatoes. They had only three meals a day. In some places the three consisted of stirabout while in other places they had potatoes and butter-milk for their breakfast. They worked for two or three hours before breakfast while the stirabout was being boiled. The table was placed on the middle(continues on next page)
