School: Lattoon

On this page

1. The Famine Times (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   (continued from previous page)

   as cutting the hills in a great many places and filled the hollows with the stuff out of the cutting giving employment to to people who came a considerable distance. There did not die many people from the effects of the failure in this locality and there was not much sickness although there was an epidemic of Scarlet Fever sometimes spreading from schools as there were not such precautionary measures as at present time although it was said that sickness was rife in many districts. I believe it was due to the unsanitary state of the hovels the people lived in then. There were other periods later when the potatoes failed causing much distress in Ireland.

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

2. Shrove Tuesday

   

   Share Share Post

   In olden days it was customary with the people to hold a festival on the different feasts during the year. Most of those customs are dead and

   (continues on next page)

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit