School: Ballyhogue
- Location:
- Ballyhoge, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mrs. Margaret Cahill
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- (continued from previous page)in a pan the same as it is nowadays. Meat was eaten once a day and that was for dinner.
Some of the farmers used to kill their own pigs and eat them. 'Salt meat was generally eaten.
There was no fish at that time only what ever the men would catch themselves and sometimes herrings. The fish was generally boiled or fried. Cabbage and turnips were eaten. Oaten porridge was eaten for the breakfast at that time which is not used now. - Transcription guide »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.
- Collector
- William Rossiter
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Ellen Rossiter
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 33
- Address
- Ballyhoge, Co. Wexford