School: An Charraig (roll number 13839)
- Location:
- Carrick, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Seán Ó Súilleabháin
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- Three meals a day . .
Food consisted of "stirabout" potatoes and oateh bread.
Butter-milk was drank with the potatoes.
Potatoes were placed on table in a "skib". When the meal was over the skib was hung on the wall.About so yis. aep tea was first used in locality.
An old lady was given was given ill of tea by two huntomen.
They told for share some prepared when they returned.
When they returned she has the tea thrown away and the leaves were left out on the skib.
