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Tomás de Brún
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    The Bad Times
    In '44 and '45 there was never such a crop of potatoes before or after that. Then came '46 and '47 called the Black Year and in '48 it was given ut in every Catholic Church to sow no more potatoes and still some had not obeyed he command to their own good luck those who sowed them that year yielded a hundred fold.
    In any place there was a trace of the seed of the potatoes they grew to a great extend and even those that were thrown in the ditches
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dollly Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bloomfield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Hugh Mc Hugh
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Bloomfield, Co. Mayo