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School: Cúige na Mainseár

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Quignamanger, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 231

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  1. The Famine (continued)

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    passed the people were found in heaps by the roadside. The people were afraid to go near them and the bodies of the dead began to rot. From this the cholera arose. Then the people began to pick the penny-winkles in earnest. Three or four families went into a tunnel together. Other families went into their houses and bolted their doors and laid down to die together.
    The families that went into the tunnels ate all the penny-winkles and then got more and did the same thing.
    It is said that the penny-winkles
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English