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School: St Mary's, Buncrana

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 378

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  1. The Meals of the People Long Ago

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    Yesterday evening an old man of Seventy Nine years gave me a discription of the food used when he was young.
    He started with this breakfast and said - "We got cold porridge that was made from the night before, and hot milk fresh from the cow".
    Perhaps he said "we had to go to the field and dig until
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Buncrana, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr James Donaghy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballymagan Upper and Lower and Clonblosk, Co. Donegal