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School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)

Location:
Ballyfeeny, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0256, Page 014

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  1. Folklore - Food in Olden Times

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    The food in olden times was far different in comparison with the food that people use now.
    Long ago the people used to eat three meals a day in the morning, in the after noon and in the evening. The people used to have half a days work done before they eat their breakfast. The breakfast consisted of porridge and butter-milk, their Dinner of potatoes and butter-milk and their supper of porridge.
    The the potatoes failed during the famine, sometimes the people had used porridge for their three meals. They could not afford to buy and other
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Boland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooneen (Hartland), Co. Roscommon