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School: Naomh Pádraig (B.), Dún Mánmhaí (roll number 14784)

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Dunmanway, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Young
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  1. The Year of the Big Snow

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    It is said that the snow began to fall on the night of the 14th of February 1854. The snow continude all the night and next day.
    The early part of the night was very mild, and soft, and the people never expected snow. A lot of cattle were killed. Some of the sheep that were on the mountains were found, their breath used to make holes in the snow, and in that way they were found.
    The sheep used always keep together in a corner of the field huddled in to one another. It is said that with the hunger they used eat the stumpes, and the earth off the ditches.
    The snow lasted until the 1st of May. The snow was four feet in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Raphael Kearney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunmanway, Co. Cork