School: An Ghráinseach

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towards the fire a few times until it is baked. Another great food used then was potato bread. About ten large potatoes were peeled and bruised very fine on the table. Then a little flour is mixed with them and a very small drop of buttermilk put through it. It is then baked on a pan on the fire. Sowens are made of oat meal and buttermilk. The oatmeal is steeped in buttermilk for a few days. Then more buttermilk is boiled and the oatmeal is taken out of the buttermilk and put on the boiling buttermilk and made like porridge.
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Games in Olden Days

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Long ago many games were played, some the same and some different from nowadays. Football, handball and cards were the principal games. Robert Scholes of Innishammon was a great

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