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School: Mainistir na Croise, Thurles (roll number 1811)

Location:
Holycross, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Liam Ó Tuathaigh
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  1. The Local Fairs

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    The local fair is held in Thurles on the first Tuesday of every month. Long ago the fairs were held on the green of Holycross. One on the eleventh of May and the other on the twenty fourth of September. The reason the fairs were discontinued is that Thurles is nearer to the station. When two men make a bargain one man hits his hand against the other man's hand and then the bargain is made. The green in Holycross ever since the fairs were held there it is known as the fair green. When a bargain is made there is luck money given, and that is called the luck penny.
    Then the animal is sold and the bargain cannot be broken. When the buyer buys the animal he marks it with a scissors.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Whitefort, Co. Tipperary