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School: Baile an Chnuich (Hilltown)

Location:
Hilltown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Simon Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 186

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  1. Place Names and Names of Fields (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    Reiscin :- in Ballinglee.
    rushes grew in it.
    White field :- in Busherstown.
    Whenever it was ploughed white clay was turned up and everything sown in it grew up white.
    Rath of the Fairies :- in Marshalstown,
    so called because fairies used to stay there at night time long ago.
    The Gold Field :- in Knocktaiton :-
    it is believed that there was gold in it long ago.
    The Black Hill Field :-
    called the black hill field as a person dressed in black was supposed to appear on it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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