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School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Derrymore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
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  1. The Big Wind

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    The big wind started on the 12th night all of a sudden. It did not leave a house that it did knock except one house in Durless. All the people were in that house visiting and thats why that house was saved. How they saved it was to get big planks and put them over head on the house and put ropes hanging down and the tied big stones on the rope. When one man went home he began crying
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Tónra
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Baines
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrymore, Co. Mayo