School: Ballyhale (roll number 7914)
- Location:
- Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin
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- All the stories in this section deal with incidents in the wind storm of or with the snow storm of Jan-Feb. 1917.I
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(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Inderbí
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Michael Hennebry
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny