School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- Collector
- John Forde
- Gender
- Male
- The old mowers used to have their breakfast about eight after being mowing since about six, or perhaps five.
Stirabout & potatoes were mostly used & sometimes they ate meat, mostly bacon. Stirabout was used twice a day. Fish & vegitables were also used.
Oatmeal & wholemeal breads were eaten. Soda & salt were used for both. Water was used for the oatmeal bread & thick milk for the wholemeals
Pancakes were used on Shrove Tuesday night & colcannon on November Night i.e 31st October.
Pints & mugs were used in olden times. - People lived on two meals a day. One was eaten at nine o'clock in the morning & the other at six in the evening. About three hours' work was done before breakfast. The food consisted of oaten-bread, skimmed milk & potatoes, which were used at almost every meal.
The table was long. One end was fixed to(continues on next page)