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    There was no food at some people, others had plenty food. A few years before the famine came, it was fortold. Some people believed it and they made a trench under the ground and they filled it with oats. The mills were grinding through the country. An old beggar woman came into Pat Healy's house in Flagbrook, Ballycastle, Co Mayo and they gave her some oat meal and a few yards from the house she was found dead and the oat meal in her mouth.
    Told by:-
    Thos. Munnelly,
    Muingreevagh,
    Ballycastle,
    Mayo
    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
    Informant
    Thomas Munnelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Muingrevagh, Co. Mayo