School: Doohamlet
- Location:
- Doohamlat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 336
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- (continued from previous page)Rocks. It derives its name from a madman who slept in the shelter of the rock (at night) in the daytime, and prowled through the country at night.
Bush Names
Mary's Bush
Is so called because an old woman named Mary had her abode beside a large bush.
Hangman's Bush.
Which has now fell was so called because a man hanged a another man on it an a ghost was seen at it every since.
Fiddler's Bush.
Got it's name because a fiddler used to sit in under it and play his fiddle for the local boys and girls who would dance during the long Summer evenings.
Old Tom's Bush.
It got its name because beside it long ago there was a house the property of Tom McDonell's,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- P. Morgan
