School: Tunnyfoyle
- Location:
- Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thréinfhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 168
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- In the year 1847 The road leading from Bailieborough town to Cavan town was made.
That was during the famine times
A lot of people died of hunger that time.
The men had to work at the rate of fourpence a day and feed themselves.
In that there came a failure on the potatoes and the people could not eat them.
The failure of the potatoes caused feaver.
- Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you for if you trouble trouble double trouble will trouble you.
- Collector
- Cathleen Meehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
- 7. When a person sneezes - god bless us.
8. If a person is spoken of as being deformed - God bless the mark.
