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1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

   

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   in a pan the same as it is nowadays. Meat was eaten once a day and that was for dinner. Some of the farmers used to kill their own pigs and eat them. 'Salt meat was generally eaten. There was no fish at that time only what ever the men would catch themselves and sometimes herrings. The fish was generally boiled or fried. Cabbage and turnips were eaten. Oaten porridge was eaten for the breakfast at that time which is not used now.

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2. Old Houses

   

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   Some of the old houses long ago were thatched. The thatch was got from straw, or reeds that grew by the River Slaney. Most of the old houses had a bed in the kitchen. It was placed by the fire and could be closed up like a box or a table in the daytime. It was called a settle-bed or a box-bed. The fireplace was usually at the gable end of the house. Many of the old houses had no glass in the windows.

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