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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 375

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    after their cattle and other animals. For instance if a farmer had a stock farm some distance from his home he had to take food for these animals which suffered very badly from cold and exposure, as there were hardly any outhouses for them, with the result a large number of these animals died. As regards wild birds they were found dead in large numbers.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    2. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    George Ferguson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Church Street, Co. Monaghan