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School: Rennies, Cionn tSáile (roll number 4443)

Location:
Ballynalougha, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Hailín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0321, Page 027

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    There are placenames around my home in Rennies. It is in the parish of Nohoval.
    "Butter Bridge" Long ago a woman used to make butter there. She had a lot of cows She had a big dairy and she used to make butter and sell it to the people of the country.
    "The Bán Mór." All the old people used to be hurling there long ago.
    "Droichead na Gabhar" Long ago the people of Botharglas used to drive their goats as far as that bridge. Then the farmers around would take them to the fair and sell them.
    "Bothar Na Muca" The people used to mind their pigs there long ago. The people were very small and they used to
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Kiely
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Farranbrien East, Co. Cork