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School: Cilleanna (Kilhanna), Maghcromtha (roll number 13193)

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Johnstown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Henry Goode
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    and sauce. After this they drank some tea.
    Every body looked forward to the great feast-day, Easter Sunday. On that morning, there was a "skillet" of eggs boiled in every house for breakfast. The members of the house used have a competition as to which of them would eat the most eggs. Tea was first used in this district about half a century ago. Basins and mugs were used before cups became common.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Dromey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mamucky, Co. Cork