School: Baile Uí Dhuibh, Kilmeaden (roll number 13636)

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1. A Snowstorm (continued)

   

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   day big, black clouds began to gather in the sky.
   Mr. James Butler of Darrigle near Portlaw was working in the bog cutting rushes, with a few other men.
   When the storm began they left the bog to come home and Mr Butler carried a scythe on his shoulder. He and his uncle were walking home, when a flash of lightning came and struck the man who died at that very moment.

   

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2. A Snowstorm

   

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   There was a snowstorm in the year 1917 in the county Waterford and it is said to have been a very severe one. The snow was over six feet on the ground in places and the people could not go out. The snow began to fall about twelve o'clock on a Friday, and did not ease until Saturday morning. The snow was on the dikes for a long time until the end of April.

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   Topics

   1. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr Michael Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilmoyemoge East, Co. Waterford