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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 287

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    During the Famine the people ate bléhans and young nettles, the former were herbs which grew in the ground. The good landlords and the government gave Indian meal to the people. The landlords also gave potatoes for seed to the poor people. Anybody who had money enough to go, went to America. There is a house now in ruins in James Street owned by Miss Killeen. People lived in it at the time of the famine. Some of the potatoes did not rot. The potatoes were also destroyed about forty years ago. They buried the people in straw in the bogs.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edna Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Claremorris, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Killeen
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Claremorris, Co. Mayo