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School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

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Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 242

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    People ate their meals four times a day in olden times stirabout for their breakfast, col-cannon for their dinner and a small amount of tea in the evening and stirabout again for their supper. People always worked before having food in the morning. Potatoes were eaten at every meal. People used sit on the centre of the floor around a potato basket. The potatoes were eaten with salt. One
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Field
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Thomas Field
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath