School: Srónaill (Shronell) (roll number 15008)
- Location:
- Srónaill, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0580, Page 177
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- (continued from previous page)Also when the smoke don't go up the chimney straight it is a sign of a frost.
- The Great Flu was there in the year 1918 until 1919. It killed more people that time than in the Great War which was there soon after it.
There were often two and three coffins in the same house together. So that in some houses the coffins were kept going burying people. And the only cure for it was whiskey and the whiskey was too dear for to buy it. So that the sick people had no person to give them any hot drinks. Because in some houses all the people were sick together. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Alice Humphries
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Laitean, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- William Humphries
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Laitean, Co. Thiobraid Árann
