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School: Baile na nGarraidhthe (roll number 13618)

Location:
Ballygarries, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
T. Ó Tuairisc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0104, Page 187

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  1. A Story about the Famine

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    During the famine a poor man from Brownstown used to walk four miles to break stones for twopence a day. Every evening when he would get the twopence he would buy a quarter stone of oatmeal for his supper.
    One evening he did not get the twopence and when he came home he had to go around to boil, gathering weeds to boil for his supper
    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
    Mary Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brownstown or Donnageaga, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Macken
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Address
    Brownstown or Donnageaga, Co. Mayo