School: Newtown, Fertullagh
- Location:
- Newtownlow, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: K. Shumacher
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- (continued from previous page)"haul" them home.
The wives never sit on horses with their husbands.
- A great storm occurred in the year 1918 ; the wind was so strong that it swept the roof of a forge for about a half of mile along the road.There was a great thunderstorm one night in the year 1934, it damaged a shed in our district. It killed many cows and calves in our district, and also knocked down trees.
A severe rainstorm in 1936, it flooded crop houses and roads in our district.
There was a heavy snowfall in the year 1933, and there was a lot of traffic held up and covered over, and a tinker was smothered and his name was the little red beggar man. The depth of the snow(continues on next page) - Collector
- Eirene Matthews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mr Andrew Baker
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballykilroe, Co. Westmeath
