School: Lisnagirl (2)
- Location:
- Lismagiril, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Thaicnigh
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- (continued from previous page)be found until the snow melted. Early one morning when the people rose they couldn't see anything before them only snow. They didn't know what to do. They had to get a shovel and make a path just the height of a man. They had to fill a pot with snow and boil it for the tea, and for the cows. It took James Martin two days and a half to get to fodder the cattle. You could only see the head of a man walking along the path they made. They made snow boots in the form of a cross and strapped them around their feet to prevent them from going down too far in the snow. The people were starved that year because they could not get to the town or to the shops.
The snow about six years ago was five feet in places. It was blown in heaps along the sides of the roads and ditches. It was so severe that if you went out(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Rathallaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greaghadossan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Micheal Mag Gabhann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greaghduff, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Proinnsias Ó Rathallaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greaghadossan, Co. Cavan
