Scoil: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (uimhir rolla 11249)

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1. The Chaffy Field

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   Near Domineen Castle, Mallow, there lives at present a farmer named Mr Edmond O'Keeffe. On this gentleman's farm there is a field known as The Chaffy Field. This is the story connected with it.
   During the "bad times" in Ireland a man named O'Callaghan lived at Dromineen, and he was married to a very charitable woman named [?]. Many poor people used visit the lady who used always given them food in plenty. It happened that her husband was out of home for some days, and Sheila had many poor people at her house looking for alms. To all of them she gave some wheat seed that was in bags ready for sowing. When the master came home all the seed was given away by the woman of the house. She was afraid to tell him what she had done for he was not a good man by any means it seems, and so when he gave orders to his servants some short time afterwards to set the seed, they had nothing but chaff in the bags for sowing. Neverthless Sheila told them to set it, and that they could say the crop failed afterwards. The chaff was set, and wonderful to relate never did a finer crop of wheat spring up in that field. To this day it is known as "the Chaffy Field."

   

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   Stair Athraigh

   Topaicí

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Donal Archdeacon

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Gairm bheatha

   Teacher (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mrs H. O' Sullivan

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Aois

   90

   Seoladh

   Drommahane, Co. Cork