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   meets a river called the "Mill River"
   It is called the Mill River because it drove a mill for grinding corn long ago. There is no trace of the mill now.

   My Dad is Wm Pierce of Ballyroebuck and he is years of age.
   Sonny Pierce
   Information recd from
   Mr Wm Pierce (See front page)

   

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   There on every one of our fields. They are called, The Big Meadow, The Car Road, The Crossroads, Jacks field, The Bog, The Kiln Field, The Alen meadow, The Brow, The Madman's Knock, The Big Knock. Most of these names explain themselves. A man named Jack lived in a house that is now a ruins in Jack's field. The kiln field had a lime kiln in it once. It is said that a madman lived in a cell in a rock in "The Madman's Knock. The cell is still to be seen. There is a well in the same field and it is called "The Mad

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Robert Masterson

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballycarney, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Henry Masterson

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballycarney, Co. Wexford