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School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
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S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 257

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  1. Food in Olden Times

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    Seventy or eighty years ago the people ate plain, wholesome food and it was no wonder that they were a healthier race of people than the people of to-day.
    They ate three meals every day and these were breakfast, dinner, and supper.
    It was usual for people to have a couple of hours work done before they ate anything. The potato was the principal food the people had seventy or eighty years ago and therefore they had it for every meal with buttermilk and often with onions. In Lent and on Fridays the people ate red herrings whenever they got them. These were cured and smoked herrings.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Stokes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creeve, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    James Finnerty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Creeve, Co. Westmeath