School: Rassan
- Location:
- Rassan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Agnes Shaw
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 250
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- Long ago the people only ate three meals during the day. They were the Breakfast, Midday Meal and the Supper. They did their work in the morning before they had their breakfast, which consisted of oatmeal porridge and buttermilk.
the Midday Meal consisted of potatoes, salt, pepper, and thick milk which they drank out of wooden vessels called noggins. When the people had their day's work done they had their Supper. It also consisted of oatmeal stirabout and milk.The people made oaten bread as white bread was unknown at this time. They moistened it with soft water and then they left it until it was firm. Then they left it before a blazing fire to bake it. When they were going on a journey to either fair or market, they brought a piece of this bread with them to prevent them from a sharp hunger known as the "fear gortas".Later on the people used American Bacon as it was cheaper than the Irish Bacon. They also ate salt herrings on(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrylahan, Co. Cavan
