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1. Gusty's Field and Well (continued)

   

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   Biddy's garden is so called because an old woman named Biddy used to read a book there.
   The long field is so called because it is a long narrow field.

   

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   “In the land of Peter Rogan Drimmeen Cloone Mohill Co Leitrim there is a field called the burned field...”

   

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   In the land of Peter Rogan Drimmeen Cloone Mohill Co Leitrim there is a field called the burned field because it was burned for manure long ago.

   

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   “There is a field beside Michael Gunshens house called the Curragh...”

   

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   There is a field beside Michael Gunshen's house called the Curragh. The field is in the townland of Aghamore. There is another field in front of his house called the red-hill because the clay in it is red. In the towland of Cloone Mohill and in the land of John Joe Reynolds there is a field called the feather bed. It is called because football used to be played in it.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Toohy

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Barney Gunshen

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Aghamore, Co. Leitrim