School: Allenwood

Location:: Allenwood, Co. Kildare
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 326

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eye three times with the thorns. The old people use to mix the water off lime along with linseed, and this stuff is a cure for burns. They used to give people the milk out of a dandelion to cure consumption. Elsie Dunne, Allenwood North, Robertstown, Naas, Co. Kildare (from her mother) There is a place in Allenwood called "The beggar-mans-hill". It was called so because a man was coming with a load of flour and he fell off at that place and was killed, and it is ever since called the
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“There is a place in Allenwood called "The beggar-man's hill".”

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There is a place in Allenwood called "The beggar-mans-hill". It was called so because a man was coming with a load of flour and he fell off at that place and was killed, and it is ever since called the

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