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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile an Gharrdha

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Sr M. Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 289

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  1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

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    people used tea leaves and threw out the tea. One day a priest came into a house to say Mass. They gave him the tea leaves. The priest said to give him the water in which the leaves were stewed and this was the first time the people in my district knew how to use tea. They used tea only on Christmas Day and St. Patrick's day.
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  2. Food in Olden Times

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    In olden times food was eaten three times a day. Those three meals consisted of potatoes and milk. The milk was called skimmed - milk. It was milked from the cow and put into a keeler and left set for a day and a night. It was then
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hannah Mc Enery
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Caherhenesy, Co. Limerick