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  1. The Night of the Big Wind

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    "The night of the big Wind".
    Wind is air in motion .Without air we cannot live,but too much wind is bad.About one hundred years ago there was what is known as the "Night of the big wind".It was a night of terror ,and the people who experienced it never again liked wind.
    When we consider how ruthlessly it behaved on that occassion,we must not be surprised that the people disliked and distrusted wind for the rest of their lives.
    They were at peace in their beds ,when the wind took a notion to make a commotion.It swept the roofs from over their
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    2. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Markham
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Degidon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    90
    Address
    Rylane, Co. Clare