School: Tobar (C.)
- Location:
- Tober, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Uí Thóirdhealbhaigh
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- Long ago the people ate only two meals a day breakfast and supper. They ate potatoes and oaten bread for each meal. The oaten bread was made with meal and water, it was rolled out very thin and baked on griddles.
For their breakfast they always ate porridge and they thought it was very good food. They never drank tea only at Easter and Christmas and if they had any left over they kept it for the next time.
For their dinner they always ate boxty It was made with raw potatoes, salt and flour and it was rolled(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kitty Johnson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tinamuck South, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Michael Johnson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 39
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tinamuck South, Co. Offaly