School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)
- Location:
- Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Louis A. Duffy
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- (continued from previous page)the year 1894. It began on New Year's Day and it lasted until the 1st of March. There were no hares or rabbits in those days and when the storm came they all came out from the mountains. There was ice two feet deep on the rivers, and lakes, and everything was frozen. The fir - trees died with the frost. The potatoes were killed in the pits. Many people were frozen to death. This occurred in the district of Ceola, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan.
- A red sky at night is the shepherds delight, a red sky in the morning is the shepherds warningA blue sky on a winter's day is a sign of frost before next day(continues on next page)
