School: Wilson N.S. (roll number 16138)

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1. Care of the Feet (continued)

   

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   round the wood and there was a piece of iron the shape of a horse-shoe, put on top of the wood to prevent it from wearing. The water the people washed their feet in was good for curing warts. There was a tannery in Raphoe belonging to Mr. Witherow.

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2. Food in Olden Times

   

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   In olden times the people ate only two meals in the day, breakfast and dinner. They had for their breakfast "oaten bread", and a bowl of goat's milk. They had for their dinner, potatoes, salt and a "noggin", of buttermilk, and either salt-meat, or salt bacon. They put the table in the middle of the floor, and put a dip of salt and a "noggin", of milk in front of each person. Then they put a "hoop", in the middle of the table, and emptied the potatoes into it. They peeled the potatoes with their fingers. "Noggins", are wooden bowls.
   The bread was occasionally "oaten-bread". The way the made it was they mixed a dish of meal, some water, and a pinch of salt all together. The people only got tea on a Sunday. The way the made it was, they put the tea-

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