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School: Banahoe

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Banagher, Co. Cavan
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A. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 139

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    on a meal of potatoes three times a day. Some people couldn't afford to buy salt. Buttermilk was used with the potatoes which were after boiled in the gríosach out in the fields (without a pot). When the potatoes failed, stir-about was taken three times a day. Rye was sometimes mixed with the oats. Protestants were always better off than Catholics but whenever a Protestant did chance in coming down in the world he, unlike the Catholic, very seldom got back. He hadn't the same resisting power.
    O'Connor hadn't a very bad name as a landlord and didn't treat his tenants harshly, but he always wanted money. Occasionally a man who couldn't pay his rent went to his place in Mountnugent and spent some time working for him in the hope of not being dispossessed. It was only on rare occasions that he accepted such service in lieu of rent. Nor would he accept grain or cattle. He wanted the hard cash.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cross Keys, Co. Cavan