School: Taite Buí (Blackstaff)
- Location:
- Tattyboy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Mac Bhloscaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0932, Page 315
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- (continued from previous page)A fair was held once every year at MULLACREW. It was a great day's outing for young people and all the gypsies, quack doctors and singers came to it. If a man were going to the fair to sell a beast and if he met a red haired woman he very often turned home as he would be sure to make a bad sale if he went. During a sale a neighbour generally stepped in and finished the bargain by spitting on his hand and dividing the difference in price. A luck penny was always given back to the buyer, and when a horse was sold the seller handed a new halter to the buyer.
Cattle were sold in olden times at crossroads, but custom ceased as prices were not good.
