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School: Lochán na mBan (roll number 7816)

Location:
Loughaunnaman, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0099, Page 312

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    they leave the house at six o’clock and come home at four or five o’clock.
    Long ago the fair day was a great day for the country people. When they had their stock sold they went into a public house for a drink. The chief drink they took was a bowl of punch and mulled beer. Sometimes they started matchmaking.
    After the fair the boys went home and had their tea. They came into the town and had a faction fight. (This fight was) Everyone would bring a black thorn stick with him. Sometimes people were killed in these fights. They had a certain house near the Bank of Ireland called “teach na gcipín”. In this house all the sticks were stored up until the next fairs. Every fair
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dympna Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughaunnaman, Co. Mayo