School: Druim Snámha (roll number 14057)

Location:
Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0213, Page 080

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0213, Page 080

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  1. In Drumsna, in the 1918, a terrible epidemic broke out. Every family in the village and around it had a very bad type of influenza with the exception of me.
    The people got very sick and when one in a family got it they all took it. Numbers of them died. After a few weeks everybody was terrified to go near a house in which it was.
    In one case a woman took it and went to bed in her clothes. She died, and the doctor could not get anyone with enough courage to undress her. She was put in her coffin and buried in that state. The schools were shut for 3 months then.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cyril Masterson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Miss Masterson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumsna, Co. Leitrim