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School: Magoney

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Magoney, Co. Monaghan
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M. Ní Mhaolchraoibhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0932, Page 442

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    oaten meal pinch of salt a cup of lukewarm water. They first mixed the salt through the meal. Then added the water and mixed it together. Then they let it set and put it before the fire on a bread stick to bake.
    When they would have no meal, cabbage, milk, or potatoes they would go out and put up a red flag before the train and stop it. Then they would go around among the passengers and make a collection to buy bread.
    At Christmas if they had a loaf of bread and tea they would think they had a feast.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Róisín Ní Míodhcháin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Drumboat, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs Meegan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumboat, Co. Monaghan