School: Ballyhale (roll number 7914)

Location:
Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 025

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 025

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  1. All the stories in this section deal with incidents in the wind storm of or with the snow storm of Jan-Feb. 1917.
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    On the night of the storm a pedlar who was known locally as Tol-lol had settled himself in a shelter on the Kiltorcan road. Tol-lol had been a soldier and had served in the Boer War which occurred just as his term of service was completed. He always wore a broad-brimmed hat which he said had been given to him by a dying Boer after the Battle of Pretoria. This hat was his most treasured possession. He was returning from Ballyhale that night with some provisions when a gust of wind took the hat off. Tol-Lol thought the storm could do nothing worse to him and in the morning he
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Inderbí
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Michael Hennebry
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny