School: Piercetown (C.) (roll number 8690)
- Location:
- Piercetown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire Furlong
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- (continued from previous page)The masters generally wore, on Sundays etc., tall-hats, mufflers, legging of good leather, men all wore bright-coloured handkerchiefs. The poor class used those handkerchiefs in which to tie up their belongings when travelling - on foot - from place to place. These bundles were generally carried on the top of a stick and slung over the shoulder.
- Consisted chiefly of Potatoes and buttermilk
-knives and forks were never used - Milk served in "mugs"
Oaten food and milk. Home-made barley bread.
Little meat-freah seldom- Pig killed and cured at home. Pigs puddings considered a dainty.
Workmen got no tea.
Tea served in the parlour only - to "the ladies.- Collector
- Mary Culleton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Piercetown, Co. Wexford