Old Place Names
“There is (a field) hill in Gurtderrybeg by the name of "Parr's Hill"...”
CBÉS 0547
Lena Maher, Mrs Maher
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
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“There is (a field) hill in Gurtderrybeg by the name of "Parr's Hill"...”
CBÉS 0547
Lena Maher, Mrs Maher
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
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“There is a field in Mrs. Treacy's land in Templemore called the "Master's Meadow...”
CBÉS 0547
Maureen Marnell, Mr Marnell
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
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“The swallow is a slate-coloured brid with blue feathers near her tail...”
CBÉS 0547
Maureen Marnell, Mr Marnell
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
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“The Swallow, the robin, the blackbird, the thrush and the sparrow...”
CBÉS 0547
Mr Fanning, Nicholas Fanning
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“The Swallow, the robin, the blackbird, the thrush and the sparrow...”
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Mr Fanning, Nicholas Fanning
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“Robins, Wrens, Yellow-hammers, Crows, Seagulls, Magpies, Willy-wagtails, Thrushes, Blackbird, Curlew, Cranes, Bats, Swallows, Daws and larks...”
CBÉS 0547
Bridie Maher, Dan Treacy
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“The starlings come in flocks in Winter and lodge in fields, and chatter together for a few minutes...”
CBÉS 0547
Neddie Maher, William Maher
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“There are alot of birds around this district...”
CBÉS 0547
Daniel Quinlan, Mr Quinlan, Mrs Quinlan
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“When the swallows are flying low and tipping the water and grass it is a sign of wet weather...”
CBÉS 0547
Dan Clarke, Mr Clarke
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“People say that if (you) a calf had a pain to cut the worms knot three times over him and it would cure him, but if the twine knotted he would die...”
CBÉS 0547
Dan Clarke, Mr Clarke
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“Miss Elizabeth Prendergast of Clonmore in the townland of Templemore, has a cure for tetters and ringworms...”
CBÉS 0547
Edward Maher, William Maher
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“The old people used to cure warts this way. When the meat would be cooking for the dinner...”
CBÉS 0547
Lena Maher, Mrs Maher
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“The cure is to get a snail and rub it to a wart, and then to make the Sign of the Cross on the wart with the snail and then stick the snail on a thorn again...”
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Daniel Quinlan, Mr Quinlan
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“Bees wax and honey would cure the "thrush"...”
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Mary Maher, Mr Maher
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“Common sugar ground fine and put on a child's tongue would cure the thrush...”
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Maureen Marnell, Mr Marnell
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“To cure the whooping-cough is, to bring a grey donkey on the floor. and to give him bread to eat and whatever bread the donkey would let fall out of his mouth the person with the whooping-cough was to eat it...”
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Bridie Maher, Mr Maher
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“I know a cure for tetters is to get a lump of washing soda and a lump of soap and melt them together and let it boil and then put it on as hot as you can...”
CBÉS 0547
John Maher, Thomas Cantwell
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“A cure for a toothache in olden times was to go to a grave-yard and rise up an old man's head and pull out a tooth...”
CBÉS 0547
Dan Maher, Mr Maher
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“The people in olden times used to make toys themselves...”
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Dan Clarke, Mr Clarke
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“I am able to make a gun for squarting water with an alder and it is empty inside and you would get a sally rod and put a rag on the top of it...”
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Dan Maher, Mr Maher
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