Scoil: Cloonmorris (uimhir rolla 12496)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Local Fairs (ar lean)

   

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   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   often the occasion of a fight. Another great fair is held in Mohill, on the 25th of February every year. This is called Monaghan Day. On that day all the girls go and stand in a row so that the men can see them. Any man who wants a wife can get one easily on that day.

   If the farmers had an old horse to sell, they gingered him, so that he would get lively and pass for a young one. Every man who buys a beast at a fair, has to pay 'custom' which amounts from tuppence to a shilling per head.

   A fair used to be held annually in Dromod some years ago, but it was discontinued. A market used to be held at Mr. John Reynolds' shop, Johnston's Bridge during the time in which the Black-and-Tans were in Ireland; because people could not travel to towns.

   After a bargain is made, the beast which has been bought is marked with a red or blue colour. A cock-pit was made in each town in which fairs were held. When a man bought a cock he threw it into the pit. Then antoher's cock was thrown in. Each man at the fair put a bet of money and when the fight was over, the winners got the money.

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   Topaicí

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trade
            1. buying and selling (~3,622)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Bridie Beirne

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Aois

   13

   Seoladh

   Cloonmorris, Co. Leitrim

   Faisnéiseoir

   John Reynolds

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   75

   Seoladh

   Knockadrinan, Co. Leitrim