School: The Downs (roll number 8875)
- Location:
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Molloy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 149
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- A great many years ago, there was a very big snow-storm in this district. A great many lives were lost and also several animals who were in the fields. This snow-storm took place about in the second week of January.It started to snow one evening and it kept snowing for three days without stopping. Everyplace was covered with snow.People who were coming from their work that evening were lost in the big heaps of snow.Shops were shut because of no provisions and people had to stay indoors, because they could not get out on account of the big heaps of snow.When the snow ceased to fall, a very high wind started to blow from the North and this made the snow worse in some places of the ground than in other places.The snow was eight feet deep when it ceased to fall and in the places where the wind blew it, it was over fourteen feet deep.No traffic could travel during those two(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Cleary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Patrick Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- The Downs, Co. Westmeath
