School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)

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1. Old Dwellings (continued)

   

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   and had very small windows. The fire was on the hearth with seats built on the side. Over head was a sort of loft made of rods. This was called a hurdle. They were very cosy houses and the people who were reared in them were healthier than the people nowadays who are reared in slated houses.

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2. Bread Long Ago

   

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   Bread can be made from every sort of corn meal. Oatmeal bread is baked on a giddle until it becomes as hard as a stone. When the people had their own teeth, they used to eat it.
   When the people of Eire were very poor they ate bread made from Indian meal. The people now - a - days prefer bread made from flour or wheat meal

   

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