School: Drom Mór (C.), Malla (roll number 13780)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
M. Uí Uallaighe
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  1. There was a thunder storm in this place about a month ago. It was a bad thunder storm and it terrified many people especially the old people. Many men were in the fields making up hay and when the storm began they had to go to their homes. There were three kinds of lighting there namely fork lighting, blue lighting and chain lighting. The lighting did not do much harm in this district: it killed a horse in Castlekevin, a cow in Beeing and two cows in
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Female