School: Sruth Nua

Location:
Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás de Brún
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    The Bad Times
    During the years of the bad times the food was very scarce.
    The only food they had was frogs and they had to pull weeds and boil them without salt
    When the people used to sow the potatoes the used to make a hole in the ground. There were a lot more people then than now because thousands of people died with hunger and starvation
    Bridie Barnicle
    Newbrook, Taugheen.
    Got from John Heaney, (73)
    Newbrook
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Barnicle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newbrook, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Heaney
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Newbrook, Co. Mayo