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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 244

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 244

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    “Long ago the people had only three meals a day.”

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    breakfast and at dinner. People sat at a table when they would be at home. If they were working in the field they would bring raw potatoes with them and light a fire and put the potatoes in the fire and roast them and then take them out and eat them.
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    There is a stone at the Stone Cross near Oristown. St Patrick carried the stone from the Hill of Tara and hid his boots under it and when he came back the boots were stolen and he cursed Oristown and said that every year something like that would happen. The mark of his shoulder is on the stone yet.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Doggett
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Mc Caffrey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    44