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School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

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Cavan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Carmel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 116

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    people that had goats, drunk goats milk at every meal. Fresh meat was never used except at Christmas times boiled baken and cabbage were eaten at the dinner. At night people usually took oat-meal bread, porridge and butter milk. On Ash-Wednesday and Good Friday people only took dry bread and potatoes for their meals. The bread that was eaten long ago was wheaten bread and oat meal bread. Tea was first used in Cavan abut a hundred years ago mugs were in use before the cups became fashionable and are still used in country districts.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Main Street, Co. Cavan