School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab (2) (roll number 13976)

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   the fire. When she opened her door she found a large hare on the door step. She brought it in and dress it and cooked it. She never wanted any food afterwards.

   During the famine also there were two men called "buggymen" and they used to go around with a handbarrow and a big box on top of it. They used to go into every house during the famine and take the dead out of the houses and burg them by the wayside in one big grave. One time they buried a man alive and when burying him they broke his legs and he got out of the grave somehow and afterwards he used to beg round the country. His name was Tom Querin.

   Long ago there was a protestant boy named Hinder in the time of the "White Boys" who hid in his father's garden in a big box. The White Boys came along and found him there, and they said to him. "Here is a heretic

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Billy Roycroft

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballydehob, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr J. Roycroft

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballydehob, Co. Cork