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School: Dubh-Áth (B.) (roll number 11067)

Location:
Duagh, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 056

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    in the snow. Dan and his family had to make fires of straw and turf in the field in order to cause a thaw, and to release them out of the snowdrift.
    It penetrated the houses through the keyholes, windows, doors, and also through the slates. In some cases the beds were even covered with. The snowdrift continued for twenty hours and the drifts in the hills and on the cold places remained there until the following June.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamus Ó Roileacháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcarra More, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Séafradh Ó Conchubhair
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Foildarrig, Co. Kerry