School: Ramonan
- Location:
- Ramonan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Maeve Turner
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- People ate three meals a day in olden times, breakfast, dinner and supper. They ate their breakfast in the morning, their dinner in the middle of the day, and their supper at night. People worked before their breakfast in olden times. Potatoes were used at almost every meal. Buttermilk was drunk. People sat at the table which was placed beside the wall. Tables were hung up against the wall when not in use.Oaten bread, veal, fish, and vegetables were eaten. Potato-bread and oaten bread is gone out of fashion, but it was eaten in olden times. I don't know when tea was first used in the district. Noggins were used before cups became common.
