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School: Knocknagilla

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Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
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T. Mac Giolla Críost
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 383

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  1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

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    was sold for a penny a naggin so that 4d each made a big spree.
    Men had very great constitutions at that time. One man could eat as much as a large family now.
    They also joined at those sprees for calves, which were killed and eaten. This meat was called veal.
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  2. Food in Olden Times

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    The people had three meals a day in olden times. In olden times the people lived quite differently from the way they do at the present time.
    Their meals consisted of oaten stirabout for breakfast, potatoes and cabbage for dinner, and buttermilk.
    The breakfast was always freshly boiled in every house. The men get out to their work at day-break, and would have a day's work done when the men would get
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mary Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Beaghy, Co. Cavan