School: Doora, Cuinche
- Location:
- Deerpark, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Cáit Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0594, Page 113
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“The people of long ago used no tea.”
The people of long ago used no tea.
Potatoes and buttermilk were their general food.
Some of the poorer people made bread from rye flour. They used to have tea on Christmas day. Some of the neighbours would kill a pig for Christmas and he would divide it with the others around the townland. They would have bacon and cabbage for dinner or Christmas day.
They strained the potatoes in a basket and they threw them out on the table and they peeled them with their finger. Only the rich people used forks and knives long ago.
If the landlord saw a bit of bacon hanging up in farmers house he would raise the rent.
- Informant
- P. Cullen
- Address
- Ballyortla North, Co. Clare