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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590C, Page 09_013

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    Food in olden times.
    25 th.of April ,1938.
    Long ago the people used to eat only two meals aday.For the breakfast they used to eat potatoes and for the dinner they used to eat engine meal.Sometimes they used to grate raw potatoes ,and squeese the water out of them ,and then bake them on a griddle ,and eat them.The people used to say that the men that time were alot stronger than now.Sometimes they used to eat a potatoe cake .First of all they would boil they potatoes in a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Leamy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr James Leamy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockjames, Co. Clare