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School: An Cluainín Uí Ruairc (C.) (roll number 10945)

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Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
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    them and salted them and made them ready to be eaten.
    The men of the house would go out fishing and have fish for the children,
    On Easter Sunday and Hallow-Eve they had pancakes and eggs for the big people , and for the children they had sweet-cakes and eggs and they had a big feast. They used porangers instead of cups. They sowed the corn themselves and then ground it to make the bread. The people of long ago were much stronger than the people of today.
    Ita Gormley
    Girls National School.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Gormley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim