School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

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1. Food in Olden Times

   

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   Long ago people used to bake potatoe bread and eat it. The old people used to go to bed early and get up early about four o Clock and eat their breakfast and then go to work.
   Pupil. Brigid Kennedy. Ballyduff Borrisoleigh. Co Tipperary.
   Got From. John Fitzpatrick. Ballyduff. Borrisoleigh. Co Tipperary.
   40 yrs.

   

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2. Food in Olden Times

   

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   Long ago people used to have two meal's a day their breakfast and tea, Their breakfast was eaten about six o clock in the morning they used to eat bread and cheese, They used to have no potatoes in Ireland, milk was drunk at every meal before they went to bed. They used to eat a lot of bread and fish, They used

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Clohesy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Thomas Clohesy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary