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School: Dún Beag (C.)

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Doonbeg, Co. Clare
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Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin Bean an Ághasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 350

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    “From 50 to 10 years ago there was a lot of labourers in this district.”

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    currants and raisins were only used at Xmas or on a very special occasion and butter only about once a day.
    Butter was sold in firkins. Every three or four farmers wives were partners and a firkin was filled in each of their houses in turn. That was a great day for the farmers wives. When the firkin was filled they had tea, cream cake, boiled eggs or maybe a chicken.
    The cream cake was a soda cake with plenty of cream in it and baked in the griddle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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