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School: Westland (roll number 8428)

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Donore, Co. Meath
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Mrs E.J. Roberts
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 338

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    At that time the blight fell one night.
    The most of the potatoes decayed in the ground and what did not decay in the ground decayed in the pits.
    The next year people got it very hard to get seed potatoes and very few people got any at all.
    A great many people took a disease called "Cholera" and other diseases from the queer things they ate to stay their hunger.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr W. Ormiston
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Cavan