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1. Essay on Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   would go out before them on the road and would and would not let them pass. If they went to knock him down and go by it is said that they would die within period of the year.

   

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2. Local Place Names

   

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   There is a lot of Local name places connected with this district. It is told "Carne" means a height over a grave. It is thought there was a burial place some place in Carne in olden times.
   There is also a hill going down Mullagh lane called "Peddar Andys hill" because a man named Peddar Andy Smyth lived there.
   There is also a hollow beside our school called "Kattys Hollow" because a woman named Katty lived in that hollow long ago. There is a cut in the bank at the East side of Lough Lane called the "cut of Maypold". There was a rich man living near Lough Lane about 100 years ago and he said he would give any money to any one who would prove to him if there was fairys living in Lough Lane. A man went down to prove the truth of the story. He found a small pot which he took with him. A fairy followed him in the form of an eel. When the eel could not hit the man he turned round and left a cut

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Carn, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   William Murtagh

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carn, Co. Westmeath