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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 095

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    Food in Olden Times
    12th May, 1938.
    Long ago the people had three meals in the day, breakfast, dinner, and supper.
    They would work for two hours in the morning, before they would eat their breakfast, and they would have their dinner at one o'clock, and then their supper at five.
    For their breakfast they would eat oaten bread, and butter, and potatoes and buttermilk for their dinner, and porridge and buttermilk for their supper.
    People had not much meat long ago, because not many people were able to kill a pig, or to buy bacon, so they would eat watercress, and vegetables for their dinner on Sundays.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Fagan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr Edward Fagan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Leitrim, Co. Longford