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Máire Ní Dhubhshláinghe
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  1. The Food Used in My District in Ancient Times

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    The diet of the people in ancient times was very different to the food we have now a days.
    Long ago the principal food was potatoes and milk and when the potatoes were scare then they should have a stirabout and milk, and it was from yellow meal that the stirabout used to be made. The milk they used to drink was very wholesome because there were no separators or no creameries in the country at that time.
    This is the way they used to cook the stirabout they used
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John O' Mahony
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcronat, Co. Cork