School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)

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1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

   

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   ago and it was made of oatmeal, flour, and water. Then it was put on a griddle to harden. Fish was eaten on Christmas and New Year's Day. People ate no late than ten o'clock at night. Eggs were eaten on Easter Sunday. Tea was first used in my district in the year 1863. Tin pans were first used instead of cups for drinking out of. Later on, wooden bowls were used and afterwards delph bowls.

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2. Bird-Lore

   

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   Bird Lore.
   The cuckoo, the crane, the corncrake, the robin, the crow, the seagull, the blackbird, the lark, the thrush, the pigeon, the hawk, the raven, the bat, the swallow, the heather bleat, the wagtail, the wren, the

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