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   lot of stories told about the famine this is one. There was once a man from Achill and he went down the shore and he saw a bottle on the strand and he opened it, and it was full of whisky and he drank it and when he had it drank he fell dead.
   Miss Bridgie Cafferkey,
   Valley N.S.
   Dugort, P.O.,
   Westport, Co. Mayo.
   10-1-38
   I heard this story from
   Mr Pat Dever
   Valley Dugort P.O.,
   Co. Mayo.
   Westport.

   

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2. Stories About the Famine

   

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   Stories about the Famine The people had a hard time in Ireland about 80 years ago. In 1846 the potato blight fell for the first time and destroyed all the potato crops. The next Spring the people got it very hard to get seed to sow. They ate turnips, cabbages, roots and

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mr Peter Grealis

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mr John Lavelle

   Gender

   Male