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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   In Crockerwella there is a small plot with railings round it where Professor Barnes and his wife are buried. They are buried in the middle of a field.
   There are other fields on the Estate called Borrington's Ground, Carlin's ground, the Glen field, the Pond field, the Pay field. The first two are called after men who used to live there long ago.
   The Rahreea and Crockerwella fields are so high that you can get a great view of all the Country round from them. On a clear day you can see Co. Dublin from the Rahreea.
   A field in Billywood, Moynalty, Meath, is called the "Murder field". It got its name this way:-
   A man was killed in it once upon a time.
   He owed money to an-other man, and when he could not pay it two men pursued him, and caught him in this field.
   They cut off his head with slanes, and rubbed the blood that was on the slanes on the trees in the field, and the shape

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Harriette Porter

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Billywood, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Mr James Porter

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Billywood, Co. Meath