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School: Benbawn

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Binbane, Co. Cavan
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M. Gillespie
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1019, Page 170

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    hail-shower, and it threshed a lot of the corn, that was ripe, and ready for cutting. The hail-stones were so large that they went right through cabbage-leaves.
    There was a very severe winter about forty years ago. There was a terrible big snow, and it lasted from November to March, and the people could do no ploughing.
    There was a terrible windy night on the fifth of November 1926. The wind did a lot of harm. It blew down all the corn and hay in the country.
    There was a great storm this Autumn. It lasted from Sunday morning until Monday night. It did a lot of harm. It blew down all the "stooks" of corn in the country. It also blew down a great many "rucks," and even some stacks.
    It blew down hay also. A great many trees were blown down all over the country. Windows were blown into houses. Two trees were tossed in Kill
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Minnie Moore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leaghin, Co. Cavan