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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590C, Page 03_037

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    The Famine
    22nd February 1938.
    The time of the famine the people died with the hunger. The fish died in the river and the potatoes blackened. The people used to go down to Affick picking the roots of turnips for food. They used to pick nettles and watercress and boil it for food. There did a woman die in this townland and the rats ate her. They used to sell the milk in Tulla in
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Halpin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Halpin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockjames, Co. Clare