School: Tinateriffe, Cappamore (roll number 7569)
- Location:
- Tinnatarriff, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eibhlin, Bean Uí Riain
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- The local fair is and was always held in the village of Cappamore. Sometimes the farmers take their cattle to the "Munster Fair" in Limerick. It was always & is now remarked that the last mentioned fair never passed without rain.
The neighbours generally settled on an hour for leaving & they all travelled together with their cattle.
The fair in Cappamore was held in the streets & tolls had to be paid out of each animal when leaving the fair. Luck money was always given & the amount varied according to the nature of the beast. Farmers here had long ago a rod of iron with their initials in iron on a flat end of it. They dipped this in tar and put it then on the animal's flank. Others tied a certain coloured string to their horns or tails.
Pigs or bonhams were judged to be a good thriving or fattening breed if they had long drooping ears - "Don't mind the little cocked ears" was a saying.
They examined the skin of a cow's tail(continues on next page)
