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   it. It carried the roof and the
   woman for full mile before it
   landed. Strange to say the woman
   was not hurt when the shed landed
   and I suppose this was due to
   the roof landing in a bog. The
   wind caused a great lot of damage.
   It swept houses and took the roofs
   of some of them. It also knocked
   big woods and swept away lots of
   the trees. It also knocked bridges.

   

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   There was one great storm in Co. Waterford which knocked great bridges and carried away a lot of cattle and horses and swine. The biggest flood knocked a bridge about four years ago here in Co. Waterford. It also knocked big houses and trees. There was one great flood which came in on the land about 4 years ago. There was a lot of animals brought away

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   Topics

   1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Christy Cullen

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   John Cullen

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford