School: Liathdruim
- Location:
- Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0076
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- (continued from previous page)The watch house field; There is a house built on it for watching ewes.
The stream field; There is a small river running through it.
The lime kill field; There is a lime kill built on it.
The Lisheen field; There is an old Lisheen in it.
The Tomb field; There is a Tomb in it.
The Terry field; There is ferns always growing it.
The flagery field; There are flagers always growing it.
The Drainy field; There are drains running through it.
- Once upon a time there was a farmer named Lawrence Callan, Ploughing his land. The name of the field was the Big Hill. He met with a big flag and turned it up with the plough. He did not know what to do with the gold. He said he would leave(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kylebrack West, Co. Galway
- Informant
- William Costello
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Kylebrack West, Co. Galway
