School: Termonfeckin
- Location:
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: T. Ó Corcoráin
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- (continued from previous page)meal. There was no flour put in this bread. Meat was not eaten often. It was salted meat that was eaten. Fish was eaten.
People did not eat late at night. The people in olden times did not use butter often. On Easter Sunday eggs were eaten. Pancakes were eaten on Shrove Tuesday.
Mugs were used before cups came into use. - The old people of long ago used to eat four meals a day. They used to take potatoes, porridge and buttermilk for their breakfast. The old people took potatoes and buttermilk for dinner In the evening the meal was of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Laurence Mullen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Blackhall, Co. Louth
- Informant
- John Devine
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Blackhall, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Patrick Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Blackhall, Co. Louth