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School: Cor Bealaigh

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Corbally, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 079

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  1. The Famine (continued)

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    because it was too strong for them. In any part of the country where cattle were plentiful the people bled them and preserved the blood. They even ate horse-flesh, grass nettles and rats.
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  2. The Famine

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    Many were found dead along the roadside and in fields.
    A man had walked from town with a bag of cabbage. When he came to Corballa he was found dead; then the people divided the cabbage.
    Crowds of the people sold their houses and went to America. There they got work. After a man with a big family would have no food. Then he used to go out
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margurite Barrins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Emlymoran, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr John Foody
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Emlymoran, Co. Sligo