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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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  1. Clothing and Food in Days Gone By

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    In times gone when people got up in the morning they first said their prayers then they went to the field to work and did all the morning jobs before getting a breakfast. They got for breakfast potatoes and milk or stirabout and milk. If milk wasn't plentiful in the homes they used "sound shearins" that was oatmeal and seeds of oats steeped in a crock for a week and when it got sour people used it instead of milk.
    The kind of bread they used was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick James Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Cregg, Co. Mayo