294The GraveyardThere is a great Irish teacher buried in the new graveyard. His name was Gerald Carty.
There is another great hero burie in the new graveyard. His name was William Newport. He was an I.R.A. man.
There are a large number of graves in the old graveyard in Castledockrill. The graveyard is very old.
There is a chapel in it.
The oldest headstone in it is supposed to be Doyles of Tombrick.
There was an old chapel in the old graveyard once. It was situated between where the one is now and the Ballycarney road.
There is a great man buried in Marshalstown graveyard, He was an I.R.A. man. He was shot in Enniscorthy at the church gate. He used to live at Ballanakill with his brother. His name was Peter Doyle. There are many very

203with moss and is in a little hollow near a stream.
D. Swaine,
Scarawalsh.(d) There is supposed to be hidden treasure in one of our fields. Long ago people tried to dig for it, but did not succeed in finding it. The treasure consists of gold.
There is a Raheen about a mile from our house, and there is supposed to be gold in it. There was a witch living in Castledockrell, and she said she knew where the money was hidden. One night a crowd of men went for the witch and asked her to come and show them where the treasure lay. After a long time she came with them but they did not find the treasure. The witch said she knew but yet she did not tell them.
Mr. Lewis of the Woodlands, Ballycarney went once out to the sows house, he found that a portion of the wall had fallen. When he was re-building it he found a little pot of gold. I do not know who hid it, nor do I know how much was in it.R. Masterson
Tomanoole.

276It is said that there was a hedge school on the lands of Mr. Milne of Clobemon. It was somewhere in a lane that leads from the Strahart-Ballycarney road through Kildeloo. This School was held in the open by a ditch and the subjects taught were English, Latin and Mensuration. There was no blackboard so the master drew his drew his figures on the clay ditch or on the ground by means of a pointed stick.
The children stood around him in a group. Each child brought the master one penny each week. The school was known as Sceac na Moose.
The master also went to the farmer's houses at night and taught where about eight children attended. It was the custom to boil potatoes and the black hen's egg for him.
When Kilrush School was first under the National Board the teacher's pay was a little over £2 per month. The first National Teacher was Michael Roe and the next John Cuffe.Sonny Pierce
Ballyroebuck
Clohamon

207ChurningWe have a churn at home and it is about a foot and a half wide, and the sides are oval. I do not know how old it is. The parts are called the body, the handle, the lid and the glass. The churn is placed in a wooden frame and the handle turns it end over end. Aunt Mary churns twice in the Summer and once in Winter. The churning takes a quarter of an hour. Strangers do not come to help. The churning is done by means of hand. The butter is taken off by a wooden spade an put into a butter dish.
It is washed three times, and then salted. It is made into pound rolls.
If anyone comes in when Aunt Mary is churning she says "Take a heat". It is believed that if you do not "take a heat" at the churning you will take the butter.D. Swaine
Ballycarney
Information recd. from father
Alexander Swaine (See front page)

243The taking out of the potatoesWhen we are taking out the potatoes we hire extra help. We nearly always take them out with a potato digger. This makes the picking easy because it leaves no potatoes in the sods. Two good horses are well able to pull the digger, but it is called "the horse killer." Other people take them out with the double plough.
This plough splits the drills in two and it leaves a lot of sods to be shaken. Here are some of the potatoes we sow Arran Banners, Up-to-Dates, British Queens and Kerry Blues. We generally take them out in October
Robert Masterson,
Tomanoole,
Ballycarney,
Ferns

248Nettles are given to young turkeys when they are getting the red head.
Dandelion is chopped and boiled and the water taken is supposed to be a good blood tonic. The white milky substance of a Dandelion when rubbed on warts is said to cure them.
(Extracts)D. Swaine
Ballycarney
Ferns
Inform. recd. from
Alexander Swaine (See first page)

252as the snail withers away the welt withers also.
To cure a burn hold it to the heat as long as you can bear it to burn it out.
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The skin of a boiled potato if placed on a thorn will draw it out.
Sugar and soap mixed into a poultice is used as a poultice.
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It is a good thing to bathe sore eyes in tea.
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A sudden fright will cure any person who has the hiccough or nine drops of cold water taken without drawing the breath.
Goats milk is good for consumption. Des. Swaine
Ballycarney.

258the New Line runs from Ballycarney to Kiltealy.
Many people died and a very bad sickness followed called the Black Plague.Robt Masterson,
Tomanoole.Information from father
Mr. Henry Masterson
Age : 56 Farmer.Person from whom he recd. information
Parents (deceased)

3461798
Birth Place of Fr. J. MurphyNot far from my house can be seen the field and the mark where the house, in which Fr. John Murphy the brave leader of 1798, was born.
It is in the townsland of Tincurry in the parish of Ferns.
There are fir-deal trees there which are said to have been there in Fr. Murphys time.
Stones of his house are to be seen still, amongst them the hearthstone.
The place along with other small farms were taken by a Protestant. It is now again the property of a Catholic.
It is a co-incidence that the first Catholic to re-purchase the place is called Murphy and it is still leld by that familys descendents.Garrent Bolger. (14)
The Dell
Ballycarney, Ferns

245Sow thistles are good for sows chopped in their food, and a plant called pig weed is good for young pigs in their food also.
Elderberries are supposed to dye clothes
Another weed grows and its name is Yarrow and there is a rhyme about it and here it is,
"Good-morrow good Yarrow
I hope again this time tomorrow
You will tell me who my true love will be
The colour of his hair
The clothes he does wear
And when he will be married to me"
And will my future life be happier or worse"Desmond Swaine.
Ballycarney.
Information from my father
Alexander Swaine
Verse from Tom Kavanagh. Age: 30
Labourer.
Address
Balinaberney, Strahart, Ferns

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