School: Loughill, Longford
- Location:
- Leamhchoill, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: P. Ó Corcora
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0768, Page 364
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- The names of our fields are.
"The big field", because it is the biggest field we have.
"The smoothing iron". because it runs into a narrow corner in one end.
"The sally garden". because sallies grow in it.
"The bog", because it is a bog.
"The moor". because the soil is between bog and upland.
"The flat" because it is low lying wet place.
"The back garden" because it is behind the house.
"The upper garden" because it is above the house.
"The lower garden" because it is below the house.
"The near bottoms", because it is low ground.
"The far bottoms" because it is the farthest bottoms of the two.
"The old garden".
"The little field". "The tillage field".
There was once a cabin in the old garden.
There is a forth in an adjoining farm and there is said to be a pot of gold buried in it. Two men it is said went for the gold and when they came to the flag a gust of foul air sent them away. There is a story connected with our farm and is - that when the robbers of Bawn House were returning from robbing it they took a short-cut home and for fear they would be caught, They(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernard Kane
- Gender
- Male
