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School: Gurteen (roll number 586)

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Gurteen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Richard B. Bracken
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 273

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    About one hundred years ago there was a great storm. It knocked many houses and knocked roofs off of houses. It is called by the old people, the "big wind"
    About seventy years ago there was a great snowstorm. The old people of the district were comparing it with the snowfall of four years ago. Some of them say that the snow of about seventy years ago was worse than the last snow. Others say that the last snow was worse than the snow of about seventy years ago. The flakes were small and fell thickly. It began on the fifth of March and lasted until May.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James King
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Lord's Park, Co. Tipperary