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Shammerdoo, Co. Mayo
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Máirtín Ó Loideáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0114, Page 10

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  1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

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    When working out it was a common practice to have a fire in the field and people often roasted potatoes for their meals.
    At Christmas it was an old custom to have a goose for the dinner in honour of the feast, on Easter Sunday each person ate three eggs in honour of the Blessed Trinity and boxty was a great treat in the harvest time. Boxty was made from potatoes scraped and baked.
    Delph cups were not used in olden times but people drank out of wooden mugs.
    Tea was used for the first time in this district about sixty years ago.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Frain
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacahoge, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Frain
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barnacahoge, Co. Mayo