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1. Severe Weather - Snow-Storm (continued)

   

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   children used to wear "MÉARÓG'S" about their boots when going to school. "Méarógs" were hay ropes that they used twist around their shoes when the roads were slippery. They were called Mearóg's because they were made with the Méar or finger out of hay.

   Ned Fitzgerald, Buntaloon (Bun Talmhan)

   

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2. Severe Weather - Big Wind

   

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   There was a very big wind on Little Xmas Night in the year 1839. It capsized a threshing machine at Barrow killing a man. A woman was also killed by a falling rafter at Barrow. Big people (the gentry) left their houses and sought shelter in small cottages. Thatched roofs were carried off by the wind. It was supposed to be the worst night that ever blew since. People had to cover the fires fearing that it would set fire to the roofs of their houses.

   Ned Fitzgerald Buntaloon, (Bun-Talamh)

   

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3. Severe Weather - Snow-Storm

   

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   In the January 1855 there was a great snow storm. The people did not know the roads from the fields the snow was piled so high. It stayed on the ground for six months; large numbers of of cows and sheep died. The people had to bring in the snow and melt it over the fire as they could not go to the well for water. When people died the coffins had to be brought long distances on shoulders to the burying ground. People cut down large trees for firing; they even burned some of their furniture. The birds fell dead down the chimneys. Johnn Breen, Doon (Dun)

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   John Breen

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Doon South, Co. Kerry