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1. The Moving Bog (continued)

   

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   they convinced them, that something unusual was occurring and that danger was at hand. Terror-stricken, and some of them barely clad, the villagers fled to the most elevated land in the vicinity. Scarcely had they left when the already mentioned bog was lifted from its bed by the force of the underground torrents, and was carried for miles, over the district brininging death and destruction in its train. All the adjoining land was destroyed. Houses were submerged beneath it, cattle, sheep and pigs were buried alive. Roads, drains and mearings were all wiped out, and the appearance of the district was completely changed.
   All (escaped) the inhabitants escaped unhurt except one poor old woman whose thatched cottage was separated from the village. She was either forgotten about or did not get warning about in time. For weeks previous to this she had been knitting socks for her only son whom she was expecting from India. When her dead body was recovered through the roof, some days later, a poignant witness of the scene

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seosamh G. Ó Cléirigh

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Ballygar, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs Walshe

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   60

   Address

   Cappagh, Co. Galway