School: Béal an Dá Chab (roll number 14225)
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd O Lighin
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“About forty years ago there lived in Ballydehob a man who liked hunting and fowling very much.”
(continued from previous page)but the landlord turned home without saying any more.
- The food the people used to eat long ago.
Some people used to have three meals long ago, and some only two meals. Those who had three meals used to eat them in the morning, in the middle of the day and in the night, and those who had only two meals used to eat them in the morning, and in the evening
They used to go out working before breakfast long ago, but they do not not now. They had only potatoes and sour milk for every meal. But when the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Frankie Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
