School: Ballyshannon, Kilcullen (roll number 15456)

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1. Local Riddles (continued)

   

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   Q Why is a trouser button like an event that is constantly happening
   A. They are continually coming off
   Q Why are old maids like voulenteers.
   A They are always ready but seldom wanted.
   Q What is it that a blind man cannot feel but can see
   A A good joke
   Q Why is an egg so much like a colt.
   A Because it is no use untill broken in.#
   Q Why is it impossible for a butcher to be honest.
   A Because he steels all the knives he has.
   Q Who always finds things dull
   A The knife grinder

   

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2. Food in Olden Days

   

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   People long ago used two meals a day. Their breakfast which consisted of porridge and otencakes. Also their dinner. Sometimes they received nothing until evening. In some districts people used their dinner in the evening about seven o'clock which consisted of potatoes, buttermilk, and onions. The people got up very early in the morning they were up with the lark and out hunting through the fields sometimes to earn their breakfast. When people could not earn their meals they used potatoes and otencakes baked on a griddle. Another very wholesome food was

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen Dowling

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Thomastown, Co. Kildare

   Informant

   Mr Dowling

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Thomastown, Co. Kildare