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   At the time of the digging of the
   potatoes they used to make a fire out in the field and roast some potatoes. That is what they called the cast, and this was their dinner with a grain of salt, and perhaps a drop of milk.
   For their supper they would have yellow meal stirabout, and they were so fed up with it, that they used to burn it so to have a crust on it like a cake.

   

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2. Na Béilí san Am Fadó

   

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   The food the people long ago had, differed a lot from that of the present day. Long ago they used to have two meals, in the morning, and one in the evening. When the morning came, they used to go out working in the fields, and they came in to breakfast and ten o'clock. Potatoes and milk they used to have or breakfast. Sometimes they used to have a dip of salt and milk. Some of them used to make a dip by putting the tongs in the fire, and when it was arm whey used to get a bit of lard, and squeeze it into a plate with the tongs. They used

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bríghid Ní Mhocháin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cahernabrock, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Thomas Moughan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Cahernabrock, Co. Mayo