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    abuantly under each stalk.
    The people used often steal turnips leaves and many other greens.My mother said that my grandmother told her, one cold morning as she was making a fire a man knocked at the door and begged for as much fire as would cook a handful of nettles for himself.
    Patrick Niland, (64)
    Newbrook,
    Ballyglass.
    Got from Mrs Margret Niland
    Newbrook
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Niland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newbrook, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Niland
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    64
    Address
    Newbrook, Co. Mayo