Scoil: Allenwood, Robertstown (uimhir rolla 1712)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. (gan teideal) (ar lean)

   “People used to make a 'boxty cake'...”

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   When this would be baked it would be very soft + flaky and would be used for a dinner
   When tea was first used it was especially kept for the priests' breakfast when he would come for the station. Two or 3 women would be employed getting the priests' breakfast and the tea would be boiled and then one of them would take out the tea leaves + squeeze the juice out of them + chop up the leaves on a plate for the priest to eat. The juice would be thrown out. The people did not know how to make tea at that time.
   A tongs they used long ago was a stick bent in two and used to be called a "marde brisne"

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

2. (gan teideal)

   “There was a woman who had a child.”

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   There was a woman who had a child. She didn't correct the child when it was young. When the child grew up, it got sick and died. A neighbouring

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Mary Doyle

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Aois

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