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" ... anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves; they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could find them; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves... "
The tribes of Ireland: a satire, with poetical tr. by J. C. Mangan; together ... - Page 78
by Aenghus O'Daly - 1852
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Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh: For a Period of 1373 Years ...

James Stuart - Armagh (Northern Ireland) - 1819 - 692 pages
...did eate tlie deade carrions — happy where they could find them ; yea, and one another .soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to...flocked, as to a feast, for the time, yet not able to continue long therewithal, that in short space, there were none almost left and a most populous...
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A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland: Drawn Up ..., Volume 2

Ireland - 1816 - 680 pages
...carrions;—happy were they that could find them : yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcases they spared not to scrape out of their graves; and if they found a plot of water-cressss or shamrocks, there they nocked as to a feast for a time, yet not being able to continue...
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Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh

James Stuart - Armagh (Northern Ireland) - 1819 - 692 pages
...could find them ; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not lo scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses, or shamrock'!, there they flocked, as to a feast, for the time, yet not able to continue lonj therewithal,...
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The Inquirer, Volumes 1-2

1822 - 758 pages
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Considerations on the Present State of Ireland: And on the Best Means of ...

Irishman - Ireland - 1822 - 48 pages
...insomuch as the carcases they spared not to scrape out of the graves, and if they found a plot of cresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time; yet not being able long to continue there withalf." Such is the description of an eye-witness, and of one whose...
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The Inquirer, Volume 1

1822 - 764 pages
...carcases they spared not to scrape out of the graves, and if they found a plot of cresses- or ghamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time; yet not being able long to continue there withal f." Such is the description of an eye-witness, and of one...
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Travels in Ireland in the Year 1822: Exhibiting Brief Sketches of the Moral ...

Thomas Reid - Ireland - 1823 - 456 pages
...they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could finde them, yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to...feast, for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal ; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country...
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A Compendium of the History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period to the ...

John Lawless - Ireland - 1823 - 362 pages
...happy where they could find them 'y yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcases they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and...they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able to continue there withal ; that in a short space there was none almost left, and a most populous and...
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Vindiciae Hibernicae, Or, Ireland Vindicated: An Attempt to Develop and ...

Mathew Carey - Ireland - 1823 - 534 pages
...they did eate the dead carrions, happy where they could fina them, yea, and one another soone after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to...scrape out of their graves; and if they found a plot of r water-cresses or shamrock's, there they flocked as to a feast for the time; yet not able long to...
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