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School: Tullyvin

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Tullyvin, Co. Cavan
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M. Feeney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 374

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    the family. The porridge was supposed to have been divided in the proportion of two pints per head per day.
    It was told that a girl was found dead along the roadside near Kill R.C. church Her mouth was green where she had eaten grass to ward off starvation. One of the roads in Kill was made by the people who got relief from the government. These men were paid from sixpence to eightpence per day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena B. Fox
    Gender
    Female