School: Druim Mór (roll number 16349)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: John Noonan
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- The Big Snow
There used to be great fairs in Killygordon long ago, the biggest you'd have seen anywhere. There was a fair every quarter, one was on 3rd March. I don't know what dates the other three were on but it was about the same time each quarter.
The reason I remember the 3rd March is that was the day of the "Big Snow". I often heard about it from Nancy Murray of the Chapel Row. Nancy is dead 30 years now & she was about 90 years old when she died. It happened when she was a girl. It came from the East, a fine snow like powder or dust & any people(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Noonan
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Fadden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynaman, Co. Donegal
