School: Urcher
- Location:
- Urcher, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Martha Allister
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- (continued from previous page)to a wedding on horse-back.
We never heard tell of the straw-boys, (nor) and we don't know anything about the hauling home either.
- The local fairs are held in the local towns. They are always held in towns on special days of the month.Our local towns are Ballybay and Monaghan, Ballybay fair is held on the third Saturday of every month, and Monaghan fair is held on the first Monday of every month.Ballybay market day is held every Saturday except on a fair day, and Monaghan market day is held on a Monday too.The fairs are so arranged (so) that two of them(continues on next page)
