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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0959, Page 146

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    “About 80 years or more ago there was a wind storm.”

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    16.11.38
    Written by James Hughes Corryarabeg
    Heard From Francis Hughes Corryarabeg 65 years
    About 80 years or more ago there was a wind storm. It was the biggest storm in history. My grandfather remembered it well. He was only in his youth. He was standing at a bag of corn and the walls shook so much that he and the bag were pushed over the floor. On that night there was a man killed in his own house in Coolbern. His name was "Bloomer." Everybody knew him and heard of his death.
    There was a snow storm about 50 years ago. It snowed for 7 weeks and freezed. There were arches from glen to glen. There was a flock of sheep under one of the arches for 7 weeks. They had the grass eaten to the ground.
    There was very heavy rain this year and many of the crops were destroyed.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corryarbeg, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Francis Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corryarbeg, Co. Monaghan