School: Clochar na Trócaire, Meathas Truim (roll number 13313)
- Location:
- Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
- Teacher: An tSiúr Bernard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 472
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In olden times the people had three meals a day. Breakfast, Dinner and Supper.They had their breakfast at nine o'clock in the morning their dinner about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and their supper at eight o'clock at night.
The people used to rise about six o'clock in the morning and work for about three hours before having any food. For their breakfast they ate porridge and buttermilk, for their dinner potatoes and salt, and for their supper roasted potatoes. The people when eating their dinner used to sit around a potato basket on top of a pot(continues on next page)
