1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. The Downs

School: The Downs (roll number 8875)

Location:
The Downs, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Molloy
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 164

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 164

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: The Downs
  2. XML Page 164
  3. XML “Local Place Names”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Place Names

    Share Share Post
    Local Place Names
    Our farm consists of a number of fields.
    Each of these fields is known by a special name.
    One of them is called the "road field" because it adjoins the road.
    Another is called the "far field" while others are known as the "little field"; "bush field" and "Cleary's field".
    The "bush field" is so called because a lone bush grows in the middle of it
    It is considered unlucky to interfere with this bush.
    People say the fairies reside underneath such bushes.
    We call a field Clearys because people of this name sold it to us.
    Teresa Maguire.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    The Downs, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Teresa Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    The Downs, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Joseph Maguire
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    The Downs, Co. Westmeath