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School: Empor (roll number 941)

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Emper, Co. Westmeath
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P. Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 008

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    Some would get a stone of the meal more a half stone and so on. The head man of every house had to go to the shop for the meal.
    The people used to eat horses and and frogs that time. A man gave a guinea for a half a rat coming over from England on the boat.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Dan Kenny
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath