School: Loch gCarman (Christian Bros.)
- Location:
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Br. Ó Héilighe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0881, Page 254
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- There was an old field gone to waste in Harveystown. An old man named John Meyler, Harveystown took the field to till it. A man by the name of John Murphy asked him: "Bedad John" said he, "what are you going to do with that old field?".
"Never you fear", that will make a penny" was the answer; That is how it got its name "Make a penny". Another name of a field is:- "The ball-yower field". It is situated in Bargy Castle; in this field there was a battle fought in the ancient days; the inhabitants of that parish used to go up at night to hear the ghosts of the men supposed to be killed in the field ball-yowering with one another over the battle. That is how this field got its name "The Ball-Yower field. Another field adjoining(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Stephen Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mr Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
