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School: Currans (C.) (roll number 4460)

Location:
Currans, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Nóra, Bean Uí Bhraoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0445, Page 102

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  1. Bread-Making (continued)

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    Wheaten Bread:-
    Pure wheaten was made for priests and those of high rank. It was regarded as a wonderful treat.
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    Was made of flour and baked so hard that they could not cut it they had to pick it.
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  2. Festival Customs - St Stephen's Day

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    On St. Stephen's all the boys of the neighbourhood go round to gather money. Long ago boys and men went out.
    Before the dinner on Christmas Day a crowd of men went out to the hedges to catch a wren. They killed the wren and attached the body to a holly stick or put a live one into a glass pot. On St. Stephen's Day
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