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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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Navan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
An tSr. Concepta le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 063

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 063

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  3. XML “Our Farm Animals”
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  1. Our Farm Animals (continued)

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    potatoes and turnips and oats boiled up to eat and butter-milk to drink.
    The sheep are kept out in the fields. In Winter they get oats and turnips to eat. Any cattle that are left out at night have to get hay.
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  2. Food In Olden Times

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    Long ago the people had no tea. They used to take porridge for their breakfast and supper, potatoes, bacon and cabbage for their dinner and often potatoes for supper. Very seldom meat was used only on special occasions, at Christmas, Easter and on big feasts. Long ago they used to have cakes made of Wheaten meal.
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Watters
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Navan, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Watters
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Navan, Co. Meath