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School: Park (roll number 9717)

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Kilclammon, Co. Wexford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0898, Page 089

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    Food in olden times
    In olden times the poor people had to live on one meal a day while the rich people had two or three meals. The meals consisted of barley and oaten bread, potatoes, buttermilk and yellow meal. The most of the working class took their breakfast out in the filed, perhaps working for hours before it. Their breakfast consisted of yellowmeal porridge and buttermilk. They took their dinner in the house where they would be working.
    They used to get fish and potatoes. Very few had meat. It was a great treat for them to get a piece of fresh meat or a piece of currant bread on a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Larry Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tellarought, Co. Wexford