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School: Druim Mór (roll number 16349)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
John Noonan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1098, Page 69

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    hot and full as any farmer in the town and now I have nothing. " All the cattle were smothered in the district.
    Deeny and his employer went out and searched where they thought the byre lay. They found the spot but could not go in. They then removed the scolp and thatch and found some cows and calves quite snug and comfortable. The searched the haggard found hay and fed cattle. They melted snow to give the cows a drink.

    Ellen Deeny
    Dromore
    retells her fathers experience in the " Big Snow ".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Noonan
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Informant
    Ellen Deeny
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    Over 90
    Address
    Dromore, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Fadden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynaman, Co. Donegal