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1. How Bóthar na Mine Got its Name

   

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   A year or two after the famine the Government started making roads in Ireland, and starting little jobs to keep the people from starving. Instead of money sometimes it was a quart of meal they used to give the men every day as pay. There is a road going to Burrenmore called Bóthar na Mine because it was meal they used to give the men for their day's wages. That is how the road got its name.

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. public infrastructure
            1. roads (~2,778)
   2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Burren, Co. Mayo

   Collector

   Nora Forde

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs T. Forde

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Burren, Co. Mayo

2. St Patrick's Stone

   

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   We have got a stone from St. Patrick's bed in the house. It came from Croagh Patrick. It is a small round stone. It was taken from the place where St. patrick laid his head. The people say there is a cure in it. If you rub it on a sore it will cure it.

   

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