Though supper was ready, no-one was let in But those who dressed well and whose fathers had tin. 9. Speculation is aimed in the forthcoming ball It will be a strange lady who first enters the hall She and her co-strangers may dance waltzes neat While the deluded peasants had to take a back seat.Donal PowerThe bread used now is not the same as bread the people used eat long ago. In olden days people used eat bread made from oatmeal. Long ago people used to grind the oats at home but now they buy the flower. Long ago people used to make potato-cakes.Donal Power