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  2. A Great Snowfall

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    In 1867 there was a great snow fall. It snowed for two and a half days, therefore it was in places twenty-three or four feet high. The people had to cut paths through it with sleighs, thus it became heaped up on both sides of the road and it remained in that state for more than seven weeks.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighidh Ní hEidhneáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryvilla, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    John Hynan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derryvilla, Co. Offaly