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School: Ceathrú na Laithighe (Brownsgrove) (roll number 12138)

Location:
Brownsgrove, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó hAnnracháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0420

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  1. Seven Weeks Frost

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    I well remember the time that it freezed seven weeks. During those weeks the ground was covered with frost and several acres of turnips were completely destroyed, along with a fair share of potatoes. It was in the months of November and December and the people had'nt the turnips pulled.
    Then the ground got so hard that they could'nt pull them and they all rotted in the ground. The ice got so hard that Patrick (Pat) Healy who was living in Marley was able to bring the horse and cart across Marley "torlough" which had been flooded before that and was now covered with ice and to bring it out again at Paddy Rielly's. This happened about fifty-eight years ago.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Nic Eathach
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Beagh (Browne), Co. Galway
    Informant
    Máire Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    52
    Address
    Aghlisk, Co. Galway