School: Baltrasna (roll number 4086)

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1. Churning (continued)

   

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   any money. A ferkin would hold about 20 lbs of butter or over that.

   Written by Mollie McCabe Murrens Oldcastle
   aged 13 years

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

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2. Food in Olden Times

   

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   Food in the olden times Long ago people used to be out very early in the morning they would be out in the field at day break and would eat their breakfast in the field which they would bring with them and it would consist of thick "Stirrabout and if they had not that a few roasted potatoes and they would bring them in a woolen stocking. For their dinner some would have potatoes and cabbage and bacon and others if they had not that they would have "Subbrigon" and it is made of a raw egg and boiling water on it and salt and they would eat potatoes

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eithne Kearney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baltrasna, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Dan Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baltrasna, Co. Meath