1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí

School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí

Location:
Tralee, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Proinnsias
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 109

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 109

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí
  2. XML Page 109
  3. XML “A Heavy Snowfall”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. A Heavy Snowfall

    Share Share Post
    On the 17th March St. Patrick's Day about the year 1868 the people awoke in the morning and found snow several feet high on the ground.
    The men than had to get their shovels and dig a path. They started to search for the poor sheep which were covered with snow and were walking on them trying to shovel off the snow.
    Not many sheep were lost but it took weeks before the snow was completely gone off the ground, so all the sheep had to be hand-fed for that time which was very inconvenient for the people. A snowfall as heavy as this has not
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    The Mall, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    The Mall, Co. Kerry