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School: Drumrora

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Drumroragh, Co. Cavan
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P. Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 407

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  1. On Severe Weather

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    On the night of the big wind in the year 1839 there lived a man named Cusack in the townland of Crosserlough. The roof was blown off his barn and he went out to fix it back. There came a blast of wind that blew him across the barn and he hit a stack of oats in the haggard and knocked it down.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Joe Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Crosserlough, Co. Cavan

  2. On Severe Weather

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    On the night of the big wind in 1839, it left houses roofless and it blew horses from one field to another. On a very high house in the district the roof was being blown off and men went out to tie it down. There were carts in the shed and they tied ropes from the roof to the carts. Before they had time to any more a blast of wind came and swept the roof and carts in the air and they
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Plunket
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lismacanigan Upper, Co. Cavan