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School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 062

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  2. The Famine

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    The famine effected this district very much, with the result many emigrated to foreign countries and others died on the roadside. When one would pass them by they would notice their mouths all green from eating grass.
    In this district a man was after boiling a pot of turnips. He left the pot of turnips outside the door to cool. A party from another district were in search of food. They say the pot outside the door and they made for it. They took the pot of potatoes and carried it to a place where it could could not be got. When they
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