School: Cluain an Droma, Mullach (roll number 5267)
- Location:
- Cloonadrum, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Brian Ó Huiginn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0624, Page 306
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- (continued from previous page)the other person. Two shillings or a half-crown is the luck that is generally given.
When a man is selling a beast he asks a certain amount of money. The buyer offers a lower price but the seller is not satisfied and goes away.
After a while he comes back again and trys to make a bargain but does not succeed. Then a neighbour standing by takes hold of their hands and strikes the palms against each other and finishes the deal. Then the beast is marked. The hair is cut with a scissors or is marked with dirt or a raddle. Cargrease is used for marking bonhams.
The halter is given with a horse that is being sold. The people suppose is to be lucky.
There are special fairs held for sheep and cattle and horses and there are special fairs for pigs.
- Collector
- Máire Ní Laoghaire
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Domhnall Ó Laoghaire
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
