School: Crowenstown
- Location:
- Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: M. Ní Bhriain
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- (continued from previous page)is called the "Hang Man's Corner" as a man named Dunne hanged himself out of a tree in this corner many years ago.
A wood in this same field is called "Hogan's Wood" because a family named Hogan used to live there in former years. There is also another field at the back of this field, and there is a hill in it called "Cnoch na gCoinín" or the "Hill of the Rabbits" because there are always a large number of rabbits on this hill.
A turn of the road at Rosmead Delvin is called "Smiling Bess" because there is a carving of a woman's head on the arch over Rosmead gates, and she seems to be smiling.
There is a hill at Birde's near the village of Delvin called "Gallows Hill" because it is believed that some people were executed there in the past. It is called locally " Árd na Creithigh " - [-](continues on next page)
- Collector
- Christy Cooney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Delvin, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Thomas Cooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhealy or Ballinure, Co. Westmeath