School: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 17000)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 085
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- Almost every field at home has its own name as -,
1. Pairch na Geuas, field of the caves, because it is thought they are a number of caves under the ground which may fall at any time. Last year while ploughing a great big hole opened in the ground and one of the horses fell in, and a number of neighbours had to be collected to pull him out.
2. Pairch na Scóir, this is a great big field where a number of poor people got gardens long ago.
3. Kiln field, there is a kiln situated in the corner of this field.
4. Fitz's field, a man by the name of Fitzgerald lived in this field long ago.
5 Well field, in this field there is a well which supplies us with water Summer and Winter.
6. Buaille, a field where the cows sleep in the Summer.
- Collector
- Nora Butler
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Thomas Butler
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- 1. Pairch Láir, the mare's field.
2. Pairch Gáirdín, the field of the garden.
3. The top meadow, it is very far away from the house.
4. The fort field, there is a fort in the middle of it.(continues on next page)
