School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)

Location:
Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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    I was at a fair in Ballygar sixty years ago selling a cow.

    I was at a fair in Ballygar sixty years ago selling a cow. A man bought the cow and drew her to if she had any milk. A woman who was looking on ran and put her shoe under the cow to catch the milk.
    The man turned around and said "You bloody ran clear away.
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  2. She used to travel this village selling pins needles and thread and in return she would get rags. Halfway in the street she would start saying "pins and needles' spoons and spoolins' 'eggstands and neddle cases and the rags for all the ladies.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
        2. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    91
    Address
    Knockmascahill, Co. Galway