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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 188

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    A poor woman came into a house one day during the famine for something to eat because she was dying with the hunger.
    She could not speak she was so weak all she could do was to point to her mouth. The people of the house had nothing to give her. She went off and the next morning when the people were going to mass they (her) found her dead with a bunch of grass in her (a) mouth.
    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
    Mary Dolan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    56
    Address
    Brownstown or Donnageaga, Co. Mayo