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Leaffony, Co. Sligo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 452

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  1. Historical Tradition

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    Many stories are told of historical tradition There is one of the time of the famine. There was a woman and her son who lived in Mayo. The song died with hunger and she herself was almost dead. She had one horse which she killed. The horse her alive till after the famine.
    Thousands of people went to America Any one that was left a home and had nothing killed their donkeys and ate them Other people killed cats for to eat.
    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
    Elizabeth Gordon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leaffony, Co. Sligo