School: Ceapach an tSeagail

On this page

1. Herbs (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   through oats and wheat it is also found in bad grazing land. It is said that the white thistle only grows on rich land.
   A dock leaf is able to cure the scortch of an nettle.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. Famine Times

   

   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.

   There was a great famine in the years 1846-47. It effected the whole district very much. This district was very thickly populated before that time. After the famine the people were so impoverished that they had to imagrate to America, and Australia. At that time the people depended principally on the potato for their food and the cause of such terrible distress in the 1847 was the failure of the potato crop. Ever since that time the bad potato meant misery and starvation. The cause of the failure of the crop was a disease called blight which made its appearence for the first time in that year. At that time the people used not sow the potatoes as

   (continues on next page)

   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.

   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Kelly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballynaclogh, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mr Patrick Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballynaclogh, Co. Galway