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School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)

Location:
Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mrs Anna Ewing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 192

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    The names of pur fields are the "well field", "Annie's field" and "Nelson's field". "Annie's field" is so called because it was brought from a woman named Annie Short. She died about twenty years ago. "Nelson's field was brought from a man named Nelson. Some of his children are still about but he is dead.
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    “Our fields are called the "near field", the "mountain field" and the "well field".”

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    Our fields are called the "near field", the "Mountain field" and the "well field". The near field is the one nearest the house, the "Mountain field" is far up the mountain, there is
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Olive Hudson
    Gender
    Female