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School: Raharney (C.)

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Raharney, Co. Westmeath
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 253

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 253

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    The people used to get the potato and if there was any bit of it good, they would take it out. They used to do this till they got a good amount and then they would make colcannon out of it.
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    The famine field is in Grangemore. The potatoes did not fail too bad there. Briscoe owned the field and he gave the people six potatoes a day, but they took more. Briscoe found out, and he put a man to watch and he put up a notice "Take no more than your share or you will be severly punished"
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