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School: Urbal (roll number 13874)

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An tIorball, Co. Liatroma
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Gerald Kelliher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 481

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  1. The Famine (continued)

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    They used boil cabbage and put oatmeal gruel and salt on it.
    In 'Tobar" Doobally, Co. Cavan, oatmeal gruel was boiled for the poor. The boiler is still there. If you denied your religion you could get an extra allowance.
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  2. Poor Scholar's Saying

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    A poor scholar wrote the following lines on the tombstone of a tyrant:
    "Hold fast big stone,
    What here lies under,
    The snorting boar,
    That roared like thunder,
    He was no heathan,
    For he had no merit,
    He was no Christian,
    For he had no spirit,
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