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School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)

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Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 092

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  1. Local Happenings - Sickness

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    About fifty years ago the Scarlatina was very bad up around Stonestown. It never left a house but it went into mine or ten people died with it.
    The time of the big war in France about twenty year's ago half the country died with the flu in the counties of Westmeath and Meath especially around Athboy. There were six coffins in Athboy Church at the one time and when the people died they turned black the people used to say the disease came from the war in France the east wind was bringing it over.
    The dead Bell in Athboy for two monts never stopped ringing from morning till night. -
    There was another very bad disease called the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Hogg
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crowinstown Great, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    James Hogg
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Crowinstown Great, Co. Westmeath