School: Ballyhurst, Tipperary (roll number 4562)
- Location:
- Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Stás, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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The "Forge field" is called so because there was a forge in it.
Lahard is another field but I don't know why it is called so.
The "Twig field" because there was a lot of twigs in it.
The "lawn field" is called so because it was the lawn of the old house where the Scullys lived long ago.
The "bull paddock" is called so because bulls were kept in it.
The "shear yard" is called so because there they used to shear the sheep long ago.
The "seven acres" is called so because there was seven acres in it.
"Harry's meadow" is another one.
The "Hill field" there is a hill in it.
"Sydney" is another field.
"Scart" is another field. There are side bushes in it.
- There is a black dog seen down the sweep road and one night the dog put up his paws on a woman's shoulders as she was passing by.
My uncle was going to town one night and a man jumped out over the fence and walked along by his side until he went into the town and suddenly he(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Kilfeakle, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Anthony Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Kilfeakle, Co. Tipperary
