Answer: "the north and the west are good hunting ground"
"it is forbidden to go east"
"it is there that there are the ashes of the Great Burning"
Explanation: The story occurs in a post-technological world where the priests scavenge the "dead places" for metal where John discovers the ruins and finds the technologies that he wishes to bring back to their people. Hence, the above details best compliment the setting of the passage i.e. post-apocalyptic.