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  1. Mocollop

    CBÉ 0189

    Macollop is the name of a towneland between Kilworth(Co Corte) and Ballyduff(Co. Waterford). It is in the Co of Waterford. There was an ould song about that too. 'Twas composed for the Groo's of Macollop big English settlers that lived there for years.
    One of the Grooh's of Macollop was out a horseback one evening and he heard a woman singing it as she was milking the cows. He hid himself until he had finished the song. Then he went up to her and asked her to sing it again. She did; and he gave her a five pound note for singing it.
  2. Baile na Sagart

    CBÉ 0189

    an tailimh. San aimsir sin bhí cuid mhór móna timcheall Baile na Sagart agus tá fós, ní dhóigheann siad ao'rud eile. Bheul, dhiolaidis cuid di (den mhóin) agus annsan nuair a bhídís ag teacht abhaile thugaidís ualaí (ualaigh) aoil leó ó Bhaile Dubh, agus ó Lios Mór. Bhí a chúig nú sé chinn de thurnóga timcheall Bhaile Dhu(i)bh duibh (Ballyduff) an uair sin.
    Tuairm an ama san b'é Dr. Fogarty an sagart paróiste abhí i Lios Mór; agus bhí an-mheas aige ar na ferimeóirí mar bhí tighthe deasa aca, agubhí an-mheas aige ortha mar gheall ar an obair mhaith abhí séanta aca.
    Dubhairt sé dhá mbeadh tigh sgoile aca gur mhór a' mhaith é; go n-imthróchadh na leanbhaí fí (idú í) agus dhá mbeadh fios aitheanta a gcreidimh aca gur mhór á tairbthe dhóibh é.
    Labhair fear éigint abhí ag eisteacht leis agus agus dubhairt, go rabhadar siúráltha ná h-eiteóchadh an Cadhlach dó é dhá níaraidís