School: Stuacán (roll number 14051)

Location:
Muingwore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhiadhaigh
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  1. In the famine times a man in this locality died with hunger. He was very poor and he had not anything to eat. During the night a man who lived near him put the corpse into a wheelbarrow and was bringing him to a grave to bury him. He went into a house to kindle his pipe and he left the corpse outside. When he went out he found that the pigs had thrown him out of the wheelbarrow and were eating him.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Best
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs M. Best
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun, Co. Sligo