School: Tuar an Fhíona, Cluain Meala

Location:
Tooraneena, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Gearóid Ó Coindealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0647, Page 303

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0647, Page 303

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Though supper was ready, no-one was let in
    But those who dressed well and whose fathers had tin.
    9.
    Speculation is aimed in the forthcoming ball
    It will be a strange lady who first enters the hall
    She and her co-strangers may dance waltzes neat
    While the deluded peasants had to take a back seat.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The bread used now is not the same as bread the people used eat long ago. In olden days people used eat bread made from oatmeal. Long ago people used to grind the oats at home but now they buy the flower.
    Long ago people used to make potato-cakes.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig Teidhirs
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cahernaleague, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Micheul Breathnach
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male