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School: An Baile Mór (roll number 11193)

Location:
Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
D. E. Tate
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    About forty years ago a great wind arose in the early night. The wind was coming from the south-west. There was no sign of the wind in the day time. The weather was very calm all day. It was not safe for anyone to go out for the slates were flying in the air. The slates broke windows. The apple trees were blossomed at
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pearl Stewart
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Stewart
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Faugher, Co. Donegal