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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Tráighlí

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Tralee, Co. Kerry
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An Br. Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 143

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    He took out the bag and shook the meal in the manure heap. After a while he got sorry and got a sciathán and gathered it up straw and all. He said he would wash it then and took it over to a pond convenient to him. He moved the diabh up and down to wash the meal and retained the sops. He then said "The argument is now finished, lads, ye can do without it to night. They were hungrier than ever that night.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hubert Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyvelly, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Lambe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    79
    Address
    Ballyvelly, Co. Kerry