School: Baile Uí Dhuibh, Kilmeaden (roll number 13636)

Location:
Ballyduff West, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Caitlín Madders
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    day big, black clouds began to gather in the sky.
    Mr. James Butler of Darrigle near Portlaw was working in the bog cutting rushes, with a few other men.
    When the storm began they left the bog to come home and Mr Butler carried a scythe on his shoulder. He and his uncle were walking home, when a flash of lightning came and struck the man who died at that very moment.
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  2. There was a snowstorm in the year 1917 in the county Waterford and it is said to have been a very severe one. The snow was over six feet on the ground in places and the people could not go out.
    The snow began to fall about twelve o'clock on a Friday, and did not ease until Saturday morning.
    The snow was on the dikes for a long time until the end of April.
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Michael Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmoyemoge East, Co. Waterford