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School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

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Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 122

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    away. The people thought the houses would be knocked so they put five carts round on one house and when they were putting them around it the carts were carried away with the wind.
    There was a sever snowstorm in 1933. In 1919 there was a sever thunder and rain storm in this district which swept away a lot of bridges. It destroyed potato crops and other crops also. There was a lot of houses
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Nevin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath
    Informant
    John Nevin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath