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School: Termonfeckin

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Tearmann Feichín, Co. Lú
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T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 436

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 436

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  1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

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    Long ago the people sat around the table on blocks of wood.
    The bread made long ago was oaten meal bread. It was baked on a griddle. Long ago meat was eaten on Sundays only. The vegetable used was cabbage. Tea was first used about sixty years ago. The people could only by an ounce at a time.
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  2. Food in Olden Times

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    Long ago food was very scarce and people lived on three meals a day. These meals were a breakfast, a dinner and a tea. The breakfast was eaten when the men came from work in the morning.
    Potatoes were eaten at every meal with butter milk
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    Topics
    1. táirgí
      1. táirgí bia (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Duff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tearmann Feichín, Co. Lú
    Informant
    Mrs Cumiskey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tearmann Feichín, Co. Lú