School: Creewood (roll number 5331)
- Location:
- Craobhóid, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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- People ate their meals four times a day in olden times stirabout for their breakfast, col-cannon for their dinner and a small amount of tea in the evening and stirabout again for their supper. People always worked before having food in the morning. Potatoes were eaten at every meal. People used sit on the centre of the floor around a potato basket. The potatoes were eaten with salt. One(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ellen Field
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Craobhóid, Co. na Mí
- Informant
- Thomas Field
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Craobhóid, Co. na Mí