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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0962, Page 251

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    The people long ago had three meals in the day; breakfast, dinner, and supper. They always worked in the morning before having any food. They would take porridge for their breakfast and supper, and take potatoes and buttermilk for their dinner.
    The table was placed beside the wall, and was hung up against the wall, when not in use. Potato-cake, and oaten-cake, was the bread used in this district long ago.
    People would wash potatoes, boil, peel, and bruise them. They would mix some paste, and mix it along with potatoes, then they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bobbie Nixon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Thornhill or Mullandreenagh, Co. Cavan