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School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)

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Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
William Boyd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 373

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    In the year 1903 a storm broke over this country, about the month of February during the early hours of the night. The wind was accompanied by all kinds of lightning. People who were afraid to lie in their beds saw fork-lightning, sheet-lightning, chain-lightning and great balls of light which lit up all the sky. In the morning the country had a sad look. Hay-ricks and corn-stacks were blown all over the country. The trees were uprooted houses were knocked and the roofs were blown off.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    2. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Harvey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annyart, Co. Monaghan