School: Mullach Buí (roll number 2793)
- Location:
- Castletowncooley, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Micheál De Búrca
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- The Local Fairs
The fairs that the majority of the people of this district attend are held in Dundalk and Carlingford. Before the imposition of the tariffs Warrenpoint and Camlough fairs used to be attended by the Cooley people. In recent years farmers very often sell cattle to the dealers going around from house to house, and they get as much from them as they would get at the fair. Carlingford fair at one time was an important one, and it was discontinued up to ten or twelve years ago when it was re-established. The Dundalk fair takes place on every third Wednesday of the month, with the exception of the month of May, when it takes place on the seventeenth. There is also a special fair green for the fair in Dundalk. When making a bargain the buyer tells the seller to hold out his hand and buyer gives the seller a little slap on the hand, and the bargain is made. When the seller gets the money he gives back a luck-penny. The buyer puts a mark on the animal; he cuts some hair off cows and horses and he puts raddle on sheep and pigs. When the bargain is made the dirt is thrown up, that is, the buyer dips his stick in the mud and puts a cross on the animals back.
Evelyn M Burke
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- Evelyn M. Burke
- Gender
- Female
