School: Effernan, Cill an Dísirt
- Location:
- Ifearnán, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Seán de Nógla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0603, Page 261
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- (continued from previous page)and a little salt and soda and milk.
They did not eat much meat because they had not got the money to buy it. Sometimes they killed an old cow and it held them a long time. Some people had salted fish.
It is over sixty years since tea first came and it was very dear at first. It was fourteen shillings a pound. They had no cups then but piggins, bows and saucepans.
