Severe Weather - The Big Wind of 1839

Abstract: Story collected by Mary Gorman, a student at Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) school (Jamestown, Co. Leitrim) from informant Mrs Hunt.

Original reference: 0210/2/26

 Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) [Vol. 0210, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Leitrim Schools

COLLECTOR
Gorman, Mary 
Gender
female
INFORMANT
Hunt, Mrs 
Gender
female
Age
85
Location
Jamestown (Townland) 
Kiltoghert (Civil parish) 
Leitrim (Barony) 
Leitrim (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Severe Weather - The Big Wind of 1839  [duchas:4647199]

About 50 miles from the sea, at the mill of Pulla Mohhill, near Elphin, where my great grandmother was born, the salt of the sea was tasted by her there, on the stones of the mill, forseveral days after the storm.
At Kilmactranny, nobody could get to see the cattle at Cnoc Mór - they would be blown away. So my great-grand-uncle - John Cooney - crawled on his hands and knees to see his cattle there.
The roof was stripped off every house in the neighbourhood. People animals and birds suffered severely.

Severe Weather - The Big Wind of 1839  [duchas:4647200]

A man saw his mother being blown about by the wind, so he got a cart rope and tied her to the bush for safety, while he went to attend the cattle.
When he returned, he saw tree, mother and all disappearing high in the air.

Resource description

Origin information
Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 338-339
Volume 0210
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bríd Ní Ghormáin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Winds--Folklore
Winds--Gaotha
Informant location
Jamestown Baile Shéamais Jamestown Kiltoghert Leitrim Leitrim
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4650866
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0210/2/26

Suggested credit
"Severe Weather - The Big Wind of 1839"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4650866>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bríd Ní Ghormáin.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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