School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ballyporeen (roll number 10437)

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1. Clochatierna

   

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   There is a rock in a field in the townland of Dangan, it is called Clochatierna. It is the shape of a sugar bowl. It is said that the priests in the penal days used to gather round it and say Mass. The rock is surrounded by water and the people say even on the finest day of summer the water does not dry up. Fairies used to live round the rock long ago, and there are prints of feet and hands on the rock. People say there is a cock seen there every night at twelve o'clock.

   

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2. Names of Fields

   

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   1) The Lockas in Coolederry, it got its name from a lock that was in the field. 2) The Angle, is a three corner field. 3) The Ten pound field. Ten pounds were found in it. 4) Spynk is a field in O'Briens farm at Lisfuncheon. There used to be soldiers there, and people used be killed there. People are afraid to pass there after twelve o'clock at night. 5) Eliza Hally is the name of a field of ours. A woman used to live there long ago and her

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   James Barry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Newcastle, Co. Tipperary