1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Knockminna

School: Knockminna (roll number 12720)

Location:
Knockmoynagh, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Máire Ní Scannláin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 511

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 511

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Knockminna
  2. XML Page 511
  3. XML “Cholera in Sligo in 1837”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Cholera in Sligo in 1837

    Share Share Post
    People were dying in hundreds and nearly all Ballisodare population was wiped out. Sligo hospital was packed and so many died that they had to dig large graves and bury numbers therein without coffins.
    Cure
    Large vats full of strong hot lime mixture were obtained. When people felt cholera coming, they went into one of these large vats and were cured.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr James Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymote, Co. Sligo