School: Lisdowney, Ballyragget
- Location:
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mheachair
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- (continued from previous page)of the floor and a dish of stirabout on the centre. The bread used in olden times was mostly oaten bread baked on a griddle. Meat was not used except on very rare occasions but red herring and ling were used instead. On Easter Sunday a pot of eggs was boiled and it was often known for a man to eat a dozen. When tea was first introduced the people had it only at Christmas and Easter and this is abut one hundred years ago.
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- Collector
- Josie Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr Michael Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny