School: Baile an Chnuich (Hilltown)
- Location:
- Hilltown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Simon Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 185
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- (continued from previous page)woman was stabbed there fifteen years ago.Fairies village field :- Wellington Bridge
it is covered with mushrooms and toadstools.Money field :- in Rosegarland.
It is said that men used dig for gold in it but were frightened by a fairy.Weekeen field :- in Harriestown.
it is believed that fairies lived there at one time, and yellow grass grows on it.The Furzefield :- in Rosegarland.
furze for horses was grown there by Mr Leigh the owner.The Gallows gate field : in Arnestown.
So called because there was a man hanged there in seventeen and ninty eight.Maryanne's moors :-
so called because a woman named Mary Anne lived in them, and she always kept an ass in them. These moors are in Arnestown.Lawnard :- in Ballyknock.
So called because it is on a hight.The Path field :- in Ballymitty,
so called because there is a path through the middle of it and serves as a short cut for people going to the shops and to the chapel.Fairy field : in Ballinglee.
believed to be the residence of fairies.Brick field . in Ballinglee.
there was a brick yard in it long ago.Pea field :- in Ballinglee.
Peas grew in it long ago.(continues on next page)
