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School: Muine Mór

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Meenymore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0196, Page 131

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    The famine years fell on 1846 and '47. For two years the people died in thousands from hunger and starvation Some were got dying with grass in their mouths.
    The people ate raw turnips and cabbage and a weed called praiseac. This weed grew commonly that year. In that year the people ate all the potatoes they had and had no seed for the next year but the got free seed from England.
    One day a woman was throwing out potato skins. she threw them into a sink. A hungry girl came along and picked up the skins out of the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mac Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnalibbert, Co. Leitrim