School: An Ghráinseach

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1. Food in Olden Times (continued)

   

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   water and oat meal.
   Blood of a goose. People put on a good turf fire. Then they put on a can or jug of goose's blood then oatmeal onions and salt are put in. Then it is stirred and when it is cool, it is eaten. They ate three meals a day.
   To make boxy take five or six large potatoes, peel and grate them, then a cloth is got and they are squeezed. Mashed potatoes are then mixed with this. They are good for a cold.

   

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2. Folklore on Games

   

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   They had not very many foot balls in olden times. There was always a fight between two of the parties. They had them on Sundays and church holidays. Derrygellia was a great place for football. They played in a meadow. One clan would kick agar-not the other. The Deer Park was another place for calm-on in olden timem.

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   Topics

   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
         1. siamsaíocht agus caitheamh aimsire (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary B. Mc Ginnity

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Derrynawilt East, Co. Fhear Manach