School: Eslin (roll number 10026)

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   so many of them myself I really don't know what to do either.

   So one day when the woman was going to see some one about washing she thought of turning a creel upon a couple of the youngest ones and puting the others to bed. Thy all slept and when the woman came back she found a couple of her children dead. She continued this plan, until she had only two children, and the people thought the died of dephtheria, as it was supposed to be

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Patrick Mc Keon

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   70

   Occupation

   Farmer's wife

   Address

   Drumhany, Co. Leitrim