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School: Carraigín (B.), Portláirge (roll number 15340)

Location:
Corluddy, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Seán Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0840, Page 144

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    II
    Those called after their place of residence as:
    The Bals who live in Ballymountain
    The Clashes who live in Clashroe
    The Crawns who live in Crawn.
    III
    Those called after the trade that was (or is) carried on by the family, such as
    The Tailors
    The Coopers
    John the Farmer
    The Dealers
    Dick the Painter
    Na Dhóras (An Fhigheadóra)
    Liam an Figheadóra, Tom an Fhigheadóra agus rl.
    IV
    Some appear to have their origin in some funny incident as
    Hot Cakes
    Eat-a-bits
    Royals
    Brooders (a broad Irish 'd' sound)
    V
    The remainder present difficulty and are submitted in the hope that some able folklorist will succeed in probing from them the hidden knowledge which must lurk therein:
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people
        1. names (~166)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir