School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 05_016
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- The bid wind began on the 12th night all of a sudden. It did'nt leave a house on the face of the country that it did'nt knock except the house of Micheal Mór Ó h-Oistín. It carried away all the corn and hay that was stored away in stack except the of Micheal Hastings. It is said that it was a big needle that was lost in it that kept it.
After the big wind there was nothing to fodder the cows with. When M. Hasting was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán M. Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Tadhg Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male
