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School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 05_020

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  1. Games (continued)

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    and rounders. We play hide and seek by having one or two blinding and others hiding and the ones who blind must hatch the others. They also play football.
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  2. The Famine

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    During the years of the famine 1847 and 1848. All the crops failed and were burned except the wheat and oats and the peoplel had to sell them to pay the rent. The old people tell us that when the people dug the potatoes and gather them, the poor people came and dug the ground again to get all the potatoes that escaped.
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