School: Caladh (B.) (roll number 11920)
- Location:
- Callow, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Ciaráin
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- Long ago, the people had very little white-bread. Potatoes were eaten very often. They ate them for the breakfast, and dinner. They had boxty for the lunch, and sometimes oaten-meal or potato-cake for the supper, but very often, they had none at all.
The people got the oats ground by querns.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Patrick Neary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lismoran, Co. Mayo