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School: Dungimmon

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Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0995, Page 087

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    Famine Times 24-3-'38
    In the famine times people were found dead and dying eating grass. Others crept to Chapel doors to breathe the last prayer. They ate turnips and green herbs which they found.
    Poor people came and broke sprouts off potatoes which the rich peple had and the poor had potatoes out of the sprouts which they set, and the rich peple had none out of the potatoes.
    After that they worked for a day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Coyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    James Coyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan