School: Creach na mBearna
- Location:
- Greaghnafarna, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Breathnach
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- (continued from previous page)41 1/2 Irish miles distant from this woman's house. This was eighty years ago.
- 90 years ago many families in Arigna only took two meals in the day. The breakfast consisted of oaten stirabout and mixed milk that is half new milk and half buttermilk. The second meal of the day consisted of potatoes and buttermilk.
Most families however took three meals per day. One meal of stirabout and two of potatoes and milk. Tea was almost unknown(continues on next page)- Collector
- Leo Layden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrinisky, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Christie
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Arigna, Co. Roscommon