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School: Billeady (roll number 10645)

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Billeady, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0935, Page 094

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0935, Page 094

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  1. Travelling Folk (continued)

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    Sugar, Bread, Eggs, and money.
    They travel both singly and in families. They do not come at any special time. They do not tell stories.
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  2. The Famine

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    The old people do tell stories about the famine times such as, that the people used to run into houses and search the drawers and take anything that they could get to eat.
    The famine effected this district very much. There was about 400 people in the district before the famine. The blight came on in one night. The potatoes were sown in ridges. The potatoes decayed in the ground. The people had porridge instead of potatoes. There was porridge made in some country houses, and this was distributed among the people.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maisie Mc Vicar
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cremartin, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cremartin, Co. Monaghan