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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    There was a great fall of snow twenty one years ago. It was six feet in height. There was a lot of sheep, also many people were lost.
    There was a great fall of rain and the bog moved and some people were lost and houses, and many people were going to see the moving bogs. It didn't move far.
    There was a big storm 1839. It did damage to houses and it knocked cocks of hay and big trees it also made a noise in the
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    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Miss Peggie Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creeharmore, Co. Roscommon