Food
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
3.21 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947
"IQ 70, had a rough stubborn streak. [Female teacher] thinks he isn't bad. Father was a farm worker - married his boss's daughter. Mother - rather silly - e.g took son cream and potato scones when he was in the infirmary on a light diet. Siblings: Brother, OK, IQ 83. Sister, an after thought, quiet and shy. Not very good conditions - e.g one boy aged 10 slept with his granny - could not go away for a holiday as she would miss him."
Relatives in survey: Mother 3.22
Account of the preparation of seals for eating and accompanying proverb, c1875
Account of the preparation of seals for eating in Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist, including pressing blubber to extract oils. Carmichael recalls tasting the flesh of a young seal on Heisgeir [Heisker/Monach Isles] and that it was 'very agreeable.' and like venison. The accompanying proverb reads 'Bu mhath am biadh feamanaich aran seagail agus saill roin'.
Custom about 'Caisean uchd', 1904
Custom which reads 'Caisean uchd is eaten - tho first bit eaten of this only'
Custom about giving away milk, September 1909
Custom in which no milk is given away without pulling a grain of salt. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Customs relating to to food and drink, 20 November 1873
Digestible Matter in 1000 lbs of Various Foods, 1870s-1930s
Table of digestible matter in 1000 lbs of various foods.
Dinner, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a group of men, cowboys, sitting in front of a couple of mess or chuck wagons with plates of food and cups of coffee eating dinner on the plains in the early 20th century.
Etymological and geographical note for Creaga Loisgte, 20 January 1871
Expression beginning 'Ged bha mi sa chuil bha mo shuil air mo chuid', September 1884
Expression which reads 'Ged bha mi sa chuil bha mo shuil air mo chuid' collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].
Expression which reads 'Ag itheadh na cruaiche gle 'crios', 1887
Expression which reads 'Ag itheadh na cruaiche gu 'crios'' meaning 'eating a thing not earned'.