School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 093
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- The food eaten eighty years ago was very different to that of the present day.Meals.
The meals partaken of were breakfast at about eight o' clock, dinner at one and supper - in summer - at seven and - in winter - at six o clock. It was the custom for everyone to go to bed before nine o'clock and get up in the morning about six. While a pot of potatoes was boiling the men used to cut furze or rushes while the women washed or scrubbed before breakfast. The three meals consisted of potatoes, a little scimmed milk and for those near the sea a little fish.(continues on next page)
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