School: Teampoll Doire, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 9060)
- Location:
- Teampall Doire, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Flannagáin
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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. - The people used to live on three meals a day long ago, namely breakfast, dinner, and supper. The meals chiefly consisted of potatoes and milk. A man in the neighbourhood used to be going out in service to earn a living the breakfast he used to get was thin porridge and sometimes bread and sour milk.
My father who is about sixty years of age remembers a time when he used to draw hay before his breakfast, he would have a load of hay in the shed at half-past six in the morning then he would eat his breakfast and begin drawing again.
