School: Danescastle
- Location:
- Danescastle, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Loinghsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0875, Page 005
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- (continued from previous page)MATCH MAKING
Match making was a feature of these fairs in those days as it still is in other parts of Ireland. It is a custom that has died out now in South Wexford at fairs.Standings
Wooden Gates, wheelbarrows, potato baskets were sold at fairs and tinkers plied their trade of selling tin ware. The "Tay drawer" peculiar to Baronies of Forth and Bargy was an article in Great demand.DRINK
The inordinate consumption of liquor during and after the fair was a very marked feature of these Gatherings in those days and it is to be feared that the local fair was for some the occasion of a drunken orgy which sometimes ended in brawls or accidents or untimely deaths.
- Collector
- John Breen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Carrick, Co. Wexford
