School: Tiercahan
- Location:
- Tircahan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Riain
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- (continued from previous page)When you came home from your work at nightfall, you got a couple of collops of oaten bread, and milk, or sowans.
There were only three meals each day.
About fifty years ago tea began to be used once a day, and bit by bit it came on to be used at breakfast.
Flour began to be used too, and it was got in sacks of twenty stone, but one stone then was worth two now. Potato bread mixed with oat meal was very common. It was baked on the pan. - 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.
- Informant
- Brigid Mc Govern
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumbar, Co. Cavan