School: Cluainín (roll number 13231)
- Location:
- Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 122
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- The food in Olden times was much different from the food we have nowadays. The breakfast consisted of, oaten bread, sour milk and parts of the year potatoes. The dinner consisted of, potatoes and salt herrings. The supper consisted of, querin meal and milk. During the Winter months potatoes were used at every meal. Instead of cups they had wooden piggins and small tin pints. The children used the small tin pints. All children under the age of twelve years had to stand at the table while eating their meals. The table was often hung up on the wall when not in use. This was because there were two seats under the table on which two people could sit. These seats are in some old tables still.Tea first came to this district about eighty years ago. No poor people had it at first. It was a great treat to get it at(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Boland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullowcossaun, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Kilnagranagh, Co. Tipperary
