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1. Local Names - Fields, Glens and Vales

   

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   There are many fields in this district known by a special name. The cowfield is good for grazing, the Keeper's field, the Horsefield because it is good for horses. The Westnett's field; the Mangold-pit field; Cotter's Gardens; the fir field, the yard field nearest to the yard, Power's hill and the rabbit hill.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Cullen

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Longgraigue, Co. Wexford

2. Local Names - Fields, Glens and Vales

   

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   Many fields and nooks in this district are known by their names.
   Poundings field, People by the name of Poundings lived there one time but they went to America.
   The Butter-meadow; because a lot of buttercups grow there in the Summer; fields that those grow in are said to be good grazing fields.
   The "factory-field" on my father's land in Mullinderry so called because it is alongside the old woollen factory where wool was spun about fifty years ago.
   The kiln field, The "Bláge-field because it is near the river where the bleaching was done
   The "Paur Fán means the white park.

   

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