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   considered strange by people who had not heard of subteranean streams. The Black lake is so called from the dark colour of the water.

   The presence of many water dogs or otters was probably responsible for the name Loch an Mhadaí given to a lonely pool in the neighbourhood. In a tiny hut now deserted lived alone for many years a Mrs. Finnerty. The place is now given over to tinkers and such like wanderers.

   The Islands is a name given to a field in Milltown also in this Parish owned by the Cardens. It is so called because the field is full of little hillocks and drains.

   

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   There are a lot of old names still which were given to places long ago. One of our fields at home has a rock in it called the "Marriage Rock" because it is said that two people were married there in the times of the penal laws. In Mr. Right's field Leaffoney there is a field still called the "Chapel field". It is a green fertile sacred spot with a small grass covered mound. It marks the foundations of the little thatched house where people worshiped in the unhappy days when Catholics had

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Charles Gibson

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Leaffony, Co. Sligo