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School: Ballycreen, Aughrim

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Ballycreen Lower, Co. Wicklow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 062

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    lived. There was a fair held every Whit Monday in Macreddin and when people could not make a bargain, they used to fight with blackthorn sticks. Such happenings do not occur at the fairs now.
    Half the land of Cronawinna is arable land and the remainder is pasture covered with heather and furze. It is great land for growing crops. Wheat and oats can be grown satisfactorily on it.
    Told by my father,
    Michael O'Byrne,
    Cronawinna,
    Aughrim,
    Co. Wicklow,
    Age 50 years
    Eddie O'Byrne
    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
    Cronawinnia, Co. Wicklow
    Collector
    Eddie O' Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cronawinnia, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Michael O' Byrne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cronawinnia, Co. Wicklow