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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 174

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    nourishment, they invariably found the principal item on the menu consisted of "Crubeens or pigs feet then popular with all Corkonians and true to their conditions nicknamed the rendiguous "Crubeen as fit and proper rader than the highsounding title Bannow Bridge. The story has been axepted without dispute. It is curious however that Joyce in his book "Irish anmed of places" explains the meaning of Bannow in Wexford is derived from the Irish word bainbh a bonnive or sucking pig, which would suggest some confusion with a forgotten tradition in the neighbourhood. A further explanation is offered by a writer who claims that the popular name applies to the arches being curved like a hoof or crab the diminutive from being crubeen. Awbeg
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Creedon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Macroom, Co. Cork