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   two. One of these is tiled and the other is thatched.
   The townland of Roseybrook got its name from an old woman named Rosey Matthews. It was called "Rose's Stream" and this was changed to Roseybrook.
   There are some old people over seventy living there. They know English but they don't know Irish.

   "For final tie
   She got a bye
   To meet the dog called Tinker
   In Roseybrook,
   That cosy nook,
   They said she was a alinker." (See "Local Poets. - P. Ó C.)

   Here is a story which, John Daly told me, happened him when he was young. Two men lived in Pepperstown and he went up and started to throw stones in their window. The men did not say anything for a while, but when it was going on too far one man came out in his bare feet with a fork and followed him round the yard about ten times and nearly stuck him twice. Daly hid himself in a heap of briars and the man was not able to find him and had to go home and Daly got safe.
   The houses were more numerous in

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Kearney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Roseybrook, Co. Louth