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School: St Oran's, Buncrana

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
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Seán Mac Éibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 299

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    In the olden times the old people would sit round a basket made of rods in the middle of flore and they would eat herrin and potatoes to their dinner. It was all salted things they ate.
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    In olden times the people ate potatoes or their tea in the evening. The people drunk milk at every meal the ate during the day. Some people would rather drink sweet milk and some would rather drink butter milk. The people used bowls and cups made of tin. They never used much tea in olden times because it was very dear.
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Mulholland
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Gortyarrigan, Co. Donegal