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School: Baile an Londraigh (C.) (roll number 14306)

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Ballylanders, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Eibhlís, Bean Uí Shíoda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 122

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    occurred - it was called by the people long ago the "sneacta séideán", but it is said to be about a hundred years ago in January 1938.
    This storm was one of the worst in memory. People had to put poles and spars against the walls and roofs of their houses. The height of the snow was six feet and lasted six weeks. During this time people could not get water but had to melt the snow for household use. All animals out on the fields were killed and smothered because they went to the fences for shelter. The snow from the middle of the fields was drifted with the terrible wind to the dykes and the road ways.
    The trees were torn from the roots in the woods and forests. It is said a man named Mitchel in Emly took a donkey's cart on his shoulders and put it on the roof of his house to keep the storms from blowing it away. His son - Mitchel - was famous for weight-throwing.
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    “About ninety years ago people were very poor. They used to give the butter they made to the butter merchants in Cork...”

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    The following was also told to the same child Kathleen Lee by her Uncle Din Fitzgerald who heard his father telling these old stories.
    About ninety years ago people were very poor. They used to give the butter they made to the butter merchants in Cork. A woman named Mrs Hollen [?] gave her butter to a merchant in Cork. The merchant delayed in paying her. She wanted it to pay her rent
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Lee
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Spittle, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Din Fitzgerald
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 80
    Address
    Spittle, Co. Limerick