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   around Christmas. Fish was eaten. Long ago ling was the most common fish used then. On Shrove Tuesday pan-cakes were eaten. On Easter Sunday a fire would be lit and eggs would be boiled outside. The vessels they used to drink out of were called Noggins this was before cups were in use. On a fast gruel and nettles would be eaten.

   

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2. Food in Olden Times

   

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   People long ago eat potatoes three times a day. Sometimes for breakfast they had Indian stirabout with buttermilk. Their miday meal consisted of boiled potatoes salt and butter-milk. Those potatoes were put into a flat basket placed in the centre of the floor every member of the family sat around this basket. They peeled the jackets off the potatoes with their fingers. Of course the potatoes in olden times were like balls of flour. Again at night time they had another meal

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Shalvey

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs Thomas Shalvey

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   c. 55

   Address

   Leggagh, Co. Meath