School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget

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1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

   

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   they said it would make you eat to much. "There was a man and he had a son who was working all day he had potatoes for his supper he always liked a pinch of salt. He asked the father for a pinch of salt and the father said "your lost for dainties". People long ago did not know how to use tea the used to boil the tea and throw away the water and eat the leaves unitll the Americian came over and showed them the right way.

   

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2. Hurling and Football Matches

   

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   There was a match played locally long ago. Michael Moore was a famous footballer he put out his leg and he set it himself the kind of a ball was used was a square ball. Goal posts were used. There was a match played in this school between the Fogs and the Shamrocks and the Shamrocks won, the other amusement

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jerry Doyle

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny

   Informant

   Bill Mac Donnald

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Castlemarket, Co. Kilkenny