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   salt meat was eaten fish was commonly used and vegetables. The vegetables sometimes used were nettles. They had no tea and they had supper about 9 or 10 O' clock. Easter Sunday or at Christmas was a great treat to those people, as many of them only had a cup of tea at Christmas. In those days big cups were used made of earthen ware and it was in those they made the tea.

   

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2. Food in Olden Times

   

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   In olden times people eat meals three times a day each meal consisted of gruel and milk for breackfast. Stir-about made from Indian meal for supper potatoes and milk for dinner. They also eat fish. The chief food was potatoes which sometimes they eat three times a day with sour milk or buttermilk. They very often had potatoes and sheep's milk.

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   1. products
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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Harry Wolfe

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Shanagraigue, Co. Cork