School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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- (continued from previous page)on a griddle to get baked. This bread was eaten on fast days and before great feasts.
For potatoe cake some cold potatoes were mashed fine and mixed with flour and baked on a griddle.
- Oh how nice it is to watch the bees in a garden where there are hives, and see how busy they are on a nice sunny day flying about from flower to flower gathering in the honey, of which they lay by a store for Winter.
In the hives there are queen bees and a king. Some of them work harder than others and the lazy kind are called drones. It is nice to see the honey being taken from the hive in sections. Honey is very sweet and is very good for colds taken as a drink.
Some people are very fond of it especially(continues on next page)
