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School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 314

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    There are some of the names of the fields in our farm.
    The well field, the meadow field, páirc mhór gort, páirc bháthair, the hill field, the clover field, cappaugh, the half acre.
    This is the way they got their names.
    The well field is so called because it is near the well.
    The páirc mhór is a very big field.
    It is called gart because tillage grows in it every year.
    The meadow field is so called because meadow
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cossallagh, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Mary Mc Gee
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Gee
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cossallagh, Co. Mayo