School: Tappa (roll number 10451)
- Location:
- Tetoppa, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ó Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0953, Page 039
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Blackberrie Wine is another drink that is made yet. You get the blackberries and pick them and wash them and put them in a saucepan with water and sugar and let them boil for one half hour and then take it off and strain the juice into a jug and let it stay there for a day until it sets then it is ready for taking.
- Foods of ancient days = One Shrove Tuesday sometimes called Siaft or Pancake Tuesday the people of olden days used to eat pancakes. It was a custom but the people of to day do not bother.
- Lucky Days It is very unlucky to born on Whit Monday for they will either kill themselves or someone else. It is said that July is a very lucky month to be married in. And May is a very unlucky month to be married in. For and old saying and a true one marry in May and you will rue the day(continues on next page)
