School: Áth na bhFearchan (roll number 5500)

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   in Moneyglen called the Big Field and the School Field. Aghnafarcon is called the Ford of the dog men because long ago the people used to have a lot of dogs. Moneyglen is called the glen of Money, because the people say that long ago the Danes buried money in it. There is another townland called Fincarn which means the "Grave of Finn.", for Finn McCumhal is buried on the top of the hill. There is a field in it called "Pairc Parach" which means Patrick's field and there is a lone bush growing in the middle of it. One time a man went to rob a macpie's nest in it and when he was going up on it a fairy appeared to him and told him if he would get up on it he would not come down alive. Then the man went home and the fairy went up and sat on the tree till the man went home. The people say that there is a crock of gold hidden under the tree and nobody ever looked for to get it. There is another field in it called the Moate or Rath, because in olden times a king had his castle built on it.

   

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2. Bird-Lore

   

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   The curlew is the most commonly bird in our district and he is not a very big bird. When the people hear him whistling in the air, they say it is the sign of rain. He builds his nest in a bog and lays

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Duffy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Aghnafarcan, Co. Monaghan