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School: Cnoc na Biolaraighe

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Watergrasshill, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dll. Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0382, Page 048

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  1. Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Stories of the Famine (continued)

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    were proud, and the farmer's wife was a harsh and unkind woman. However, she knocked at the door and made known her want. The farmer's wife refused help. The woman then begged for a small quantity of milk for her baby who was crying with hunger, but again she was refused, so she turned sadly away.
    Next morning, the farmers cows were put in as usual to be milked, but instead of milk they yielded blood, and this continued day after day till finally the family were as poor as the woman to whom they refused help.
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  2. Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Stories of the Famine

    “She saw turnips boiled with Salt fish...”

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    She saw TURNIPS BOILED WITH SALT FISH as the principal meal for a "meithol" at a farmer's house during these times. Turnips and Indian meal were the principal food of most poor people. The fever which followed the famine was a terrible scourge. The "poor-houses" had specially made coffins with hinged bottom, so that it could be used again and again. They simply dropped the corpses from it into the open pit and it was ready for use again.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs Hayes
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    46
    Occupation
    Assistant teacher
    Address
    Watergrasshill, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Thomas Manning
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79