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School: Cill Bheacáin (B.) (roll number 13659)

Location:
Bekan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P.S. Mac Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 458

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    do some field work before breakfast. A favorite meal for dinner was buttermilk, salt and potatoes. When loaves came into use a woman used to go round the district with an ass and cleaves selling them. Nettles were boiled with lard and eaten on Fridays. Herrings were also obtainable in the local shops. On special feasts different kinds of food were eaten on Easter Sunday because the eggs were plentiful at that time. A fo? was killed for St Martins and the blood sprinkled abo? the house. On Christmas Eve an old custom was to have
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank Kirrane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonbulban, Co. Mayo