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School: Mullach, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 3928)

Location:
Mullagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Ó Sandair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0623, Page 426

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    milk the people used have for their breakfast. The dinner consisted of potatoes salt and skim milk and their supper consisted of fine meal stirrabout. They used eat potatoes twice every day and drink plenty of sour and skim milk.
    The table was generally left long side the wall but if there were a good many eating it would be pulled out in the middle of the floor so as the people could go around it.
    Long ago the people had it as a custom to hang the table to the wall when there was no meal on so as they could have more room in the house to do their work.
    After some time when times got better the people
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó Cillín
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowlagan, Co. Clare
    Informant
    James Sexton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doonogan, Co. Clare