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School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 274

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    1. About a hundred years ago the old people believed in witchcraft.
    It was believed that there was a witch in Ballyhaunis district who had a grudge against the people.
    She rose a storm by witchcraft on the 6th day of January 1839 and it was so rough that the people could taste the salt water of the Atlantic and that is still spoken of as the night of the big wind.
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    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
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