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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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    In olden times people were very healthy. They could live on a few meals a day and often on even one meal. Often they used have only breakfast in the morning and dinner about nightfall. They used go out to the fields working for a few hours before breakfast. Potatoes and skim milk was their chief food, for breakfast. Sometimes, school children were late for school long ago, because they breakfast wasn't boiled. They used have to dig the meal of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Daniel Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    49
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry