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School: Naomh Ceitheach, Runnamoat (roll number 8499)

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Runnamoat, Co. Roscommon
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Gráinne, Bean Uí Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0262, Page 109

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    On these foods the people were immensely strong. I heard of a man who walked from Kiltultogue to Roscommon a distance of seven Irish miles carrying 2 cwt wght of potatoes on his back for sale. He returned again for 2 cwt more carried them to the market and made sale.
    There is another story of a woman who carried 2 cwt of meal on her back from the local shop to her home a distance of two miles.
    On Easter Sunday they vied with each other in the consumption of eggs.
    I cannot say for certain when tea was first used in this locality but it was a luxury in the beginning of this century save among the gentry.
    Porringers & noggins were the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Keegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    William Keegan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Roscommon