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School: Caladh (B.) (roll number 11920)

Location:
Callow, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126F, Page 05_013

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  1. Severe Weather Long Ago

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    About forty years ago all the rivers and lakes in my district were frozen.
    There was about a foot or a foot and a half of ice on Callow Lake and the people used to go across in the night visiting to a village called Cullonaughton.
    There was also a big snow storm about twenty years before that.
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mc Nulty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carn, Co. Mayo