No tea was used long ago only coffee. When tea was introduced it was bought by the ounce. People new little about it, so ‘it was boiled and boiled well’. Often the tea leaves were eaten and the water thrown away.
Gortnadeeve West, Co.Galway
Collector: A. Collins
Informant: Unknown
Duchas, ‘The Schools’ Collection’, www.duchas.ie
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