School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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- XML “The Local Fairs”
- XML “Old Houses”
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- (continued from previous page)In the olden times they held the fairs in fields and in hills and the people would come round and buy things.
The way the people shows that they bargain was made. Sometimes they would spit out and hit hands. The way they mark the beast. Sometimes they would tie a cord round the cows tail or they would tie a thread on its horn. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Hughie Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Gortyarrigan, Co. Donegal