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School: A Cnoc Buí, Drom Dhá Liag (roll number 9588)

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Knockeenbwee Lower, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0300, Page 280

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  1. Famine Days (continued)

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    and Oat meal and skim milk. They called it "rianbun." The government relieved this district. They made a lot of roads throughout the country.
    The people died in great numbers on the road sides. The people also died in houses, and they were called dead houses. A great sickness followed the hunger and a lot of them died.
    The people do not talk of any other great periods of famine.
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  2. Local Cures

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maire Ní Aodha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilnahera East, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Maighread Ní Aodha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilnahera East, Co. Cork