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School: Gleann Tochair (roll number 16611)

Location:
Glentogher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. Sorcha A. Ní Dhómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1115, Page 408

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1115, Page 408

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    and it was baked into thin square cakes. They were placed on the frying pan or in the oven to cook.
    There was as much bread made at a time as did for a couple of days because they had not enough of wheat and corn ground to bake the amount that would do for a week.
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  2. Food in Olden Times

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    In olden times the people ate potatoes for their breakfast dinner and supper. When they got up in the morning they would have to go out and dig potatoes for their breakfast. While they were boiling they would dig as many as would do dinner time.
    The people say in the centre of the floor round a basket and ate their meal. They drank
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Eliza Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Glentogher, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Ellen Toland
    Gender
    Female