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1. The Whitethorn Bush - A Story of the Famine Days (continued)

   

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   were left but father and son. Then came the end of the sad story; the father died after eating raw cabbage stumps, and his son carried him on his back across to Cuillin bog and buried him about a hundred yards from the bridge. When he completed the burial he planted a small white thorn bramble on his father's grave and said a few prayers for his departed soul. Without even turning to look at the old home he tramped along the roads and by some means reached America, where he became a prosperous business man.

   Any boy visiting the Shannon at the Galley Bridge can see the white

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   P.E. Reynolds

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs Reynolds

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim