1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Castlecomer (B.)

School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)

Location:
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
D. Ó Riada
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 238

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 238

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: Castlecomer (B.)
  2. XML Page 238
  3. XML “Country Houses”
  4. XML “Fair Day”

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. Country Houses (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    country house is that the roof be thatched with rushes and a half-door. The top of the chimney is made of a box and plastered with mud and white-washed. The yard is paved with stones and houses on each side.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Fair Day

    Share Share Post
    The fair day is held on the square in Castlecomer. When you are selling a cow or any other beast some man proposes a price and the man that is buying sticks to that price. When the beast is bought you give back some money as luck and then they go into
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    C. Owens
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Christy Owens
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny