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1. The Famine Times (continued)

   

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   5. There were two families in the parish of Qughrim who had a lot of potatoes in one field called 'the pasture' and they so potatoes they had no room for them because there was a big cement walk at the head-land. Winter was very harsh. The ground was very hard because it had been freezing very hard. One of the family who had been fighting before the frost came went out but there was nothing in the pit but clay. All the potatoes had rotted in the pit.
   6. There were never so many potatoes as these were the fear of the famine but they rotted in the pits. One man bought a barrel of them for seed saved them. After a time his four sons went out int he fields to dig them. One of the sons carried home on his shoulder all the potatoes they had after day's digging. The four swore on their spades that they would never grow a potato in Ireland again and all in that house immigrated.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Patrick Sweeney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Fohanagh, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Thomas Cahill

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lisnascreena, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Thomas Kenny

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Callow, Co. Galway

   Informant

   William Glynn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Fohanagh, Co. Galway