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School: Drumlish (C.) (roll number 10023)

Location:
Drumlish, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Brigid Lacy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 019

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    home meat. They ate vegetables such as cabbage and turnips
    They ate eggs on Easter Sunday, colcannon on Hallow-Eve night and pancakes on Shrove Tuesday night.
    Before cups became common people used mugs and in earlier times they used wooden vessels called noggins.
    I heard this from Dan Kenny, Drumlish.
    Mary Flynn, Corrick, Drumlish, Co. Longford
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrick, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Dan Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumlish, Co. Longford