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School: Teach Mhic Conaill (roll number 15614)

Location:
Taghmaconnell, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Ó Tuathaig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0270, Page 081

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    the table placed in the centre of the floor. Hard oaten bread was the kind of bread eaten. It was generally baked on a griddle and was usually cut into 'farrels'. Little meat or vegetables. Several wild things which grew out in the fields were eaten, such as 'vetches' and watercress.
    Long ago some old people always ate a big feed before retiring, it being a habit. A big feed of eggs was always eaten on Easter Sunday. Jam pots were often used in the district before cups became common.
    Written by:
    Mollie Costello
    Told by:
    John Galvin
    Knock
    Taughmaconnell
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mollie Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knock, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Galvin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knock, Co. Roscommon