School: St Columba's, Buncrana

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1. Local Place Names

   

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   (Buncrana)

   From the Irish word's, Bun - foot, and Crana - of the trees it is so called because it is at the foot of the river Crana which got its name from the wood's on its bank

   
   Ballymacarry is the name of a town land on the outskirts of the town it is so called from Baile - a town and Carra - a weir

   
   Pound Lane is so called because it was here that the cattle were kept in pound.

   
   Aghilly is the name of a town land, it is so called on account of the Yew trees that grew there in large numbers.

   
   Ardaraven is at the top of Ferris lane, it means Ard - a height and Ramhan - a spade, it is so called because it was so high it could not be ploughed so it had to be tilled with spades.

   
   The loan-Bank is the name of a shed in Ferris lane, it is so called because it was here the first Bank in Buncrana was situated. The bars are still to be seen in the windows.

   

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
   2. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Buncrana, Co. Donegal

   Collector

   John Mc Colgan

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Dermot

   Gender

   Female

2. Local Cures

   

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   When people have measles they boil nettles and drink the juice of it as a cure for it. When people have warts they rub a piece of meat and then they bury it, and when the meat rots the warts rot also. When people have the whooping cough they get a donkey and give it a plateful of oaten meal and whatever the donkey leaves they eat it and then they crawl between the donkey's legs and they say that will cure them. When anybody has the mumps he gets

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