School: Cromadh (B.)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0507, Page 227
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“My mother used to bring home the turf (from the boy under the hill) in hampers.”
My mother used to bring home the turf (from the bog under the hill) in hampers. (That is on her back). One of the neighbours remarked to her that she was bringing too much. "Aide no", says she, "I wouldn't feel it if I was over Bohenabassee".
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- I give the place name exactly as he pronounced it for me. There was an element of uncertainty in the emphasis on the final vowel sound. (Bohernabassy is part of the pathway from the east, over the northern part of Druim Asail.
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“There were orchards everywhere around the hill (Drom Asail).”
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