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    potatoes, then it was put out on a large dish and a big hole put in the centre and a pound of butter put in it. Then each person is given a large spoon to eat it with, and a mug of butter milk, sometimes money of silver was put into it, you should eat it very slowly because you might swallow a sixpence or a shilling. Each person takes a spoonful at a time.
    Shrovetide week preceding Ash Wednesday, is a period of confession of preparation for lent.
    Clarrie Alfred, Cummeen, Adare,
    Co. Limerick. Age 14 years.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Shrovetide (~188)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Clarrie Alfred
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Cummeen, Co. Limerick