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School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 260

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    eighty or ninety years ago and that morning was the first time for the woman of the house to make tea. She put a "skib" over a pot and put some tea-leaves in the "skib" and scalded them.
    Then she gave the tea-leaves to the priest and she was going to throw out the water when the priest said: "Oh! I would rather the water". That is how the people first knew how to make tea.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    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