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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 375

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  1. The Famine

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    During the Famine times there was a woman living in Lappin called the "Leg Woman" which was a nick name for her.
    During 1847 her family was starving so one morning she set out to Dublin for Government relief. She brought a puck bag and she got half a hundred weight of Indian meal which she carried home on her back.
    She arrived home in time to make the porridge for the supper & so relieved her starving family.
    (A hundred weight bag is called a puck bag in this locality.)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Joseph Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullyvin, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    John Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corick, Co. Cavan