Volume: CBÉ 0189

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1. Nicknames - Other Nicknames around Adamstown District are as Follows (continued)

   

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   "Sitim" "Jod"
   "Godkin" "Bramley"
   "Filthy Gellow" "Bridgeen"
   "The Cob" "Skilletts"
   "Mr. Punls" "Hobbs"

   

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2. Names of Fields in District of Adamstown

   

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   The followng are some field names in the townland of Bally Vergin, Adamstown
   Gort na Pisha (Piseanna-peas)
   Long ago farmers used to sow peas and beans out in a field the very same as potatoes. There were supposed to be great food for pigs and cattle.
   Bán Mór Pigga meadow
   Huggarts Curraichín
   Roses White house
   Ryegrass Ăfeg (Athbeag)

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   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Languages

   English

   Irish

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Location

   Adamstown, Co. Wexford

   Collector

   • Séamas Ó Ceallaigh