School: Druim (1)

Location:
Drum, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Doreen Leach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 415

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 415

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  1. These are the names of the fields on our farm:-
    The Road Field, the Big Hill. the Front Garden, the Bull Field, the Turf Stack Field, the Far Meadow, the Double Ditch Field, the Alder Bush Field, the Byre Field, the Grove Garden, the Back garden, Jame's Field, Reynold's Garden, Garden and the Kiln Garden.
    The field is called the Road Field because it is beside the road.
    The hill is called the Big Hill because it is big.
    The garden is called the Front Garden because it is in the front of the house.
    There was a bull kept in this field and that is why it is called the Bull Field.
    The field is called the Turf Stack Field because there was turf built in that field.
    The meadow is called the Far Meadow because it is far away from the house.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.