School: Boulavogue
- Location:
- Boleyvogue, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Énrí Tréinfhear
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- (continued from previous page)137Fish was used very plentifully because people used to buy great quantities and salt them in order to keep them good.
The vegetables which were used were, potatoes, turnips, onions, and parsnips. In old times people used to buy hardly anything in the shops, nearly everything they used as food was obtained from the soil.Mary Coleman,
Legnalough, Boolavogue, Ferns, Co Wexford.
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- Collector
- Gerard Leacy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigeen, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs Leacy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 38
- Address
- Carrigeen, Co. Wexford