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1. Local Place Names - Glasna (continued)

   

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   This is a little field and a man called Paul lived in it. There is an old ruin of a house in it also.
   The step of the fack.
   This is the name of a field which has the shape of a fack.
   The quag
   There is a swamp in this field.
   The Claish
   There is a big hollow in this field.
   The Beacon field.
   There were heaps of furze and hay burned in it long ago.
   Peg's field
   A woman by the name of Peg Smith was the owner of it. When she saw any one going into the field she would say "don't go into Peg's field." She died about thirty years ago.
   Donnelly's corner.
   So called because people by the name of Donnelly lived in it.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Ballylehane Lower, Co. Laois

   Collector

   Peggy Rowan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Glasna, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Patrick Rowan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Glasna, Co. Laois