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1. Our House and Farm (continued)

   

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   Hallinan owned the place before him again. My people are living in our house for a hundred years. My father was living in our house all the time. My mother came from Sligo. Our house is a thatched house. We have a well on our land. We get water for our tea from the well. We drive the cattle to the river. There are no forts, no graves in our fields. There are rocks in our farm. My great grandfather that built our house. Our house is a hundred years old. There are herbs growing around our house. The garlic cures cattle from the black leg. The plants and flowers that grow wild in our fields are dandelions, daisies, blue-bells, primrosies, daffodills, white-thorn, gooseberry bush and the shamrock.

   

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2. Our House and Farm

   

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   Our house and farm is situated in the townland of Ballyholan. It contains twenty five acres. We have ten fields altogether. The names are;

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   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
   2. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ned Rafter

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyholan, Co. Mayo