School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)

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1. Famine Times (continued)

   

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   to four thousand from six thousand in Boyle.
   When the potato crop failed the poor people were so hungry that they spent the rent money on Indian meal. and thus they were evicted. Some of the English landlords were very generous and fed and clothed the poor evicted people. The chief food used by the people instead of potatoes was turnips and milk. Another food they used was "flumary". It consisted of grains of oatmeal which were left in water, until the liquid had a sour taste. This they boiled until it thickened and it tasted like the cornflour we use nowadays.
   The year before, was the most plentiful year for potatoes in Ireland, and the wiser people

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   1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
         1. an gorta mór (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Dell Kivlehan

   Address

   Béal an Átha Mín, Co. Ros Comáin

   Informant

   Mr Kevin Butler

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cruachán, Co. Ros Comáin