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School: Park (roll number 9717)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0898, Page 090

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0898, Page 090

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  1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

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    Christmas day. After the dinner the table was swung up to the wall on hinges and used as a seat. Then the working class did not get their supper until ten o clock. It consisted of yellow meal porridge and butter milk. They were glad to get that food.
    One time there were three men sent to work on the Bog of Boley Ballycullant Co. Wexford. They would not get any money until they had the work done. They had went to a shop in Gusserane Ballycullane Co. Wexford for a stone of meal. The man would not give it to them.
    They went in to the priest But the man would not
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Larry Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tellarought, Co. Wexford