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The Lands of Damastown The Pigeon Field The Pigeon Field is so called because there used to be a house there in which pigeons were kept. The only remains of the house which remaina is the slates that are mingled with the clay. The Hanging Field The Hanging Field is so called because it hangs over a river The Bullock Field It is so called because the grass of the field was good grass for fattening bullocks long ago. The Boiling Well It is so called because in the field next to it there is a well called the "Boiling Well" The water is supposed to be hot in winter and cold in summer in this well. The water bubbles up into the well. Nobody around the place ever remembers the well going dry. There is a taste of sulphur off the water of the well. The stream which runs from the well
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