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   the whiney hill, the conacre, the well-field, the halfacre, the Black Garden, the shraigh, Páirc na Cáirt, the quarry hill, the rockey field, and the cúilín. "John Connor" is the head of the house now. "Martin Rafter" my grandfather owned the place before him. "Pat O'Hara" my grandmother's father owned the place before that. The house is a hundred years old. My people lived in Quignashee an Carrygary before they came to Ballyholan. Our house is a three roomed one storey thatched house. There is a large well on my land. The cattle drink out of a drain which runs at the ends of the fields. There is a large rock in one field, and if you listen beside it you can hear something buzzing under it. A man called "John Diamond" built our house. He live in Ardmaree. There is a small plot of garlic growing at the end of the garden. It cures the calves from the "blackleg" and it cures the "whooping cough". If you put a bit of garlic in the sole of your shoe you are free from all disease. They are various

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   Topics

   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