1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Drumcormack

School: Drumcormack (roll number 13201)

Location:
Drumcormick, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Nora Healy
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0319

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0319

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Drumcormack
  2. XML Page 0319
  3. XML “The Local Fairs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Local Fairs

    Share Share Post
    The local fairs are usually held in the towns and villages. Once a month in each place. Sometimes a dealer comes to a farmers house and buys any animals or pigs which he may have to sell. In the olden times fairs were sometimes held at cross roads or other distinguished spots, i.e. Once every year on the 4th of June there was what was called the fair of "Baldwin" held in a simple country district. There young and old alike assembled and business and pleasure combined in providing the people with great pleasure. This has long since been done away with.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Lettie Orr
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bricklieve, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Orr
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bricklieve, Co. Sligo