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School: Tarmon (roll number 13997)

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Tarmon, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
P. Layden
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0205, Page 281

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  1. Food in Olden Times

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    The people long ago used to eat very big meals and they only ate three times a day. Most of the people grew wheat and they did not buy much flour. The people had very clean teeth because they used to eat hard bread made from oatmeal
    About four hundred years ago a man named Sir Walter Raleigh brought potatoes to Ireland from Germany and for a great many hears after the people of this country ate potatoes two or three times a day. The people long ago had great appetites. One person could eat as much at one meal as two people would eat now. When they would go to the bog cutting turf they would bring potatoes with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Dan Gralton
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    87
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Falty, Co. Leitrim