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School: Piercetown (C.) (roll number 8690)

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Piercetown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire Furlong
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 357

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  1. Old Customs - Dress - Collected in Piercestown Parish (continued)

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    The masters generally wore, on Sundays etc., tall-hats, mufflers, legging of good leather, men all wore bright-coloured handkerchiefs. The poor class used those handkerchiefs in which to tie up their belongings when travelling - on foot - from place to place. These bundles were generally carried on the top of a stick and slung over the shoulder.
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  2. Food

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    Consisted chiefly of Potatoes and buttermilk
    -knives and forks were never used - Milk served in "mugs"
    Oaten food and milk. Home-made barley bread.
    Little meat-freah seldom- Pig killed and cured at home. Pigs puddings considered a dainty.
    Workmen got no tea.
    Tea served in the parlour only - to "the ladies.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Culleton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Piercetown, Co. Wexford