School: Ballyhale (roll number 7914)

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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

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   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