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   Severe Weather The following is an account of very severe weather. In the year 1870 there was a great snow storm and the snow was as high as the ditches. A man named Carol Duffy died and he was carried across the fields to Slane. The people were not able to find the grave-yard so they dug the grave where they thought the grave-yard should be. Written by: Sadie Weldon, Green Hills, Ardee. Told by: Henry Weldon, Green Hills, Ardee. Old Crafts A very old craft carried on in Mentrim many years ago was that of making baskets. A man named Doyle who lived in Mentrim used to spend most of his time in making them. The sallies with which he made the baskets were got from a sally-wood in a near by field.

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   Topics

   1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sadie Weldon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Greenhills, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Henry Weldon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Greenhills, Co. Meath

2. Old Crafts

   

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   A very old craft carried on in Mentrim many years ago was that of making baskets. A man named Doyle who lived in Mentrim used to spend most of his time in making them. The sallies with which he made the baskets were got from a sally-wood in a near by field.

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