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School: Mionloch (C) (roll number 8800)

Location:
Menlough, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Bean Uí Oisín Bean Uí Dhubhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 090

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    Long ago the people used to have the fairs in fields and hills, and now the people have the fairs in big towns.
    There is a place called Cnoc na Grádh about one mile from my house, where fairs were held long ago.
    When a person is selling a beast they always get what they call "a luck penny", so that the beast would be lucky. This is always given to the man that buys the beast and it is usually 1/=, 2/= or 5/= a head.
    Tessie Burke
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jessie Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Madden
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50