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1. Severe Weather

   

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   There was a big wind in the year 1839. It blew down Pat Flannigan's house. He lived in Oghill. There was a horse standing in the field and the head was blown off him. The man that owned him was pat McCormal. He lived in Racolis. There was a great storm in the year 1899 and it washed Charles McCabe's house to the river and the river took him away a couple of miles mcCabe lived in Awelreigh. There was a big thunder and lightning storm in the year 1927. It killed a lot of cattle and horses, and knocked a tree and killed Jonney McBride's child. He lived in Oghill.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   May Carlew

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Toome, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   James Carlew

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Toome, Co. Monaghan

2. Severe Weather

   

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   There was a great wind in the year 1839 and it is said that it blew the horns off Tom Geoghegan's Cow. He thought that some body cut the horns of her.

   There was a thunder

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