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   him out by the hair of his head.
   He was frozen and Walter Cleary had a hard job with him. The priest would not let him home that night.
   Mrs Cleary was in a bad way because she thought her husband was lost.

   

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2. Severe Weather

   

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   One day about ten o'clock the sky got very dark. The Connellys of the Island were sitting round the fire it rained heavily that day. About twelve o'clock when they were eating their dinner a clap of thunder and a flash of lightening came in round the house and knocked down a big tree on the house and nearly killed every one of them. This happened about thirty years ago.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Ronan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Oldcourt, Co. Wexford