School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 275

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    2. There was a great stormy January in the year 1920.
    It knocked the roof off out houses.
    It gave no signs of its approach.
    It came quickly and it knocked a great many trees.
    The night of the high wind was the 6th day of January 1,839.
    It nearly knocked down all the houses belonging to the poor people and many people died with the fright.
    They quenched the fires for fear their roofs would burn.
    Many people buuilt
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
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