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School: Clonback, Aughnacliffe (roll number 15038)

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Cloonback, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Mac Ionnraic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0761, Page 095

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    About eighty years ago there was a terrific snowfall. It kept snowing for a week. After that it began to freeze, it kept freezing for seven weeks. The roads, fields and lanes were filled with snow. Know person could know where the roads or hedges were, all were completely covered. Farmers going and coming from fairs drove cattle across fields and hedges. The ice was so strong on Lough Gowna that some men carted manure across the lake.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Cloonback, Co. Longford