School: Cillín Liath, Drom Dhá Liag (roll number 13412)
- Location:
- Killeenleagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 424
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- (continued from previous page)potatoes and milk for breakfast. They used to have the same and fish for dinner and milk and stirabout for supper. Sometimes the poor people would have only two meals. They used have to work in the morning before eating. Sour milk they had most of the time.They used have potatoes and milk for every meal. The people sat around a table for every meal. After the meals the table used to be hung up to make room.Meat was seldom eaten. It was fresh meat. Fish was eaten for the dinner. The people used to eat late at night. Basins the people used to have before cups came into use. At the time of the Stations tea used be given to the priests. It was the custom to eat a lot of eggs on Easter Sunday
- Collector
- Frances Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolboy, Co. Cork
