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School: Kilrush (roll number 14039)

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Ballynaberney, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
C. E. Kidd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 254

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 254

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  1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

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    On Shrove Tuesday and St. Martin's Day a cock was killed as a special treat
    Not until some years ago did bacon come from America.
    That was a special treat then
    Each year the farmers went down to Courtown Harbour in their own carts for a load of herrings. They were salted and eaten the whole year round.
    Henry Levingston
    Bolinahaney
    Wm Levingston. (See front page)
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  2. Food in Olden Times

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    In olden times meals were eaten three times a day. They were breakfast, dinner and supper. Breakfast was served before daylight about seven o'clock.
    In Harvest night the men went out to work in the fields before this hour and stirabout was brought out to the field by the women folk. The milk was brought out in pewter mugs or noggins.
    The dinner was potatoes and buttermilk. At this meal they spread sheet on the kitchen floor
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