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School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

Location:
Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 208

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  1. The Food We Eat

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    Long ago people used to eat brown bread, potatoes and milk for their meals and they were very strong. They used to eat three meals a day.
    At Christmas they used to eat turkey and ham and at Easter they used to have eggs.
    Nowadays some people eat five meals in the day, for instance they eat their breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea and supper. At their breakfast they have porridge and milk, tea, bread and butter and some people have a rasher every morning except Friday morning and others only have a rasher on
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pauline Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymulvey, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patrick Kearns
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymulvey, Co. Longford