School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)

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1. Cures (continued)

   

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   Eolas faoin mbailitheoir agus faoin bhfaisnéiseoir.

   Mary Loughlin, Coolourty, Derreen, P.O.
   Ballygluinn, Co. Galway.

   Got from my grandmother Mrs Margaret Fahy, 75 years.

   

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2. The Names of Our Fields

   

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   12th January 1938
   The names of our fields.

   Lanes Garden. It got its name because there was a man herding in it once and he had a house in front of the garden and there is the remains of a small garden in it but no trace of the house.
   The Paddock. There is a field called the Paddock it is called this name because it is a very small field.
   The Lisín. This got its name because its a burial place for children. There are a lot of flowers in it also.
   The Lactín. It got its name because there was a man hung there called Eddy (Neddy) Lohan. He killed a Landlord and he is buried there. All the people that came to see threw a

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Brierfield (Stevens), Co. Galway

   Collector

   Delia Crowe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Brierfield (Stevens), Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mr Martin Crowe

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Brierfield (Stevens), Co. Galway