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School: Caladh (B.) (roll number 11920)

Location:
Callow, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126F, Page 07_011

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    a pound of meal in the day. They would make the _"stirabout"_ in the night how it would be set in the morning. Then, when the people would get up they used to milk the cow, and every one would get a saucepan of milk and -"stirabout"-. When it would be time for the dinner they would only get half as much.
    If the landlord came
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Mc Nulty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rinbrack, Co. Mayo