School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 07_020
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- (continued from previous page)together in a corner. All these are portents of storms on which the old people place great reliance.
The night of the big wind the people were all in bed and the storm arose about twelve o clock in the night. At first it was only like a breeze, but after a half an hour it was a big storm. All the people got uneasy so they had to get up and tighten things especially the hay and the stacks of oats. The man of the house had to go out and tighten the hay oats and to put props up against them so that the hay or oats would not be taken with the storm. All the people sat at their fires and thought everything was all right when they had them secured with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen King
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Kerrigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo
