School: Valleymount

Location:
Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 113

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 113

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    Food got scarce owing to no carts or cars getting to travel to the townspeople carried goods in baskets and even to the weight of half a ewt of flour on their backs from Blessington because it was the nearest town.
    There was a similar storn in 1933 only not as heavy. It began to snow on the night
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Cullen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyknockan, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr L. Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballyknockan, Co. Wicklow