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   There is a moat or mound in the townland of Cullion where a woman named Sabina did penance on the way to Lough Derg. She used to sleep on this mound the night before she went no matter whether the weather was wet or dry. It is still called Sibby's moat.

   Fields.—In the townland of Cullion.—

   The “Mullen,” (a wet meadow) “Crocamarry Height.” “Monaghan’s knowe,” (a little hill once belonging to a man named Monaghan) “Scabby.” (A field in which are a number of stones, supposed to be an ancient graveyard.) “The Bush Park.” “The Sprout Park.” “Long More.” “Moorehen’s Knowe.”

   In the townland of Drumawark.—Fields.—Level dale. Subsoil. Nancy’s Park (so called because Nancy Burnside lived in it.)

   In the townland of Tievemore Fields.—Stillhouse Meadow (so called because there was poteen distilled in it). In Sessaskielty. Tory Whistle. Jinken-loop

   In the townland of Innisclin.—
   Trees.—“Molly’s bush so called because a girl named Molly

   Gowdy used to go and meet her sweetheart there.

   

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2. Local Place Names

   

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   In the townland of Innisclin are the “White Rocks” and beside them grows the “Toothache Bush.”

   

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ernest Crawford

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cullion, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mr J. Elliot

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   48

   Address

   Drumawark, Co. Donegal