School: Ballyjamesduff Convent

Location:
Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Mary Theresa
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  1. The Big Wind
    It is over 100 years since the night of the Big Wind. It lasted for a whole night and it did great damage The old people say it blew the roofs off houses and tops of potato pits. People say it was dangerous to be outside and it was twice as dangerous to be inside Trees were blown down and people killed.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
      2. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    3. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
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  3. Hidden Treasures.
    There was a hidden treasure in Cavan and it was locally known by everyone. But whoever would get it was to die. A man named Mr. Kinkade had a workman digging in a field. He struck the treasure with his spade. His master sent him home for a drink so that he would get the gold. He took the
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