School: Mín na Cille, Mainistir na Féile (roll number 16239)

Location:
Meenkilly, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Aindrias Ó Dúnadhuighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0494, Page 193

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  1. A Mrs. Bolline of Cahir Lane had four children two boys and two girls. She used make a pezan of quern meal porridge every morning and that much used have to do them all day. Someone told her that boys used eat more than little girls until the little girls died. She told it to the priest and he told her that she had no right to do that, and that she should have divided it eaqually among them, and the Penance he gave her was to tell it to every one around her.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mairéad Nic Chárthaig
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Tim Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Male