School: Gleann Tochair (roll number 16611)
- Location:
- Glentogher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An tSr. Sorcha A. Ní Dhómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1115, Page 423
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- (continued from previous page)purn which is connected with the big wheel. When the foot-board is moved with the feet, the big wheel and purn are moved, and the thread comes off finished. Spinning is still carried on in the District.
- The Famine was caused by potato blight in 1846 and 1847. At this time my grandfather was digging potatoes for a day. In the evening he went home for a bucket to gather them into. He had three ducks and when he came back the three ducks had everyone of the potatoes eaten leaving his days work done and nothing for it. He said also that he saw children eating turf mould and corn.There is a place near Trosc called the Bleeding Quae. In famine times the people(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Kearney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carndonagh, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Owen Diver
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glentogher, Co. Donegal
