School: Tullaghanstown (roll number 9605)
- Location:
- Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Mhic Cába
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0698, Page 235
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- (continued from previous page)bread, and oaten meal porridge was eaten very often because it was the easiest to get.
Anyone who could afford it long ago used to eat fish.
On Easter Sunday the people used to have a great feast of eggs on that occasion.
- People in olden times did not eat such rich or delicate foods as the present(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tommie Tuite
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Bennie Tuite
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
