School: Ballyhaise (2)
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaolagáin
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Ballyhaise (2)
- XML Page 224
- XML “Halloween Customs”
- XML “The Local Fairs”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)one nut jumps away from the other they will not be married and if they don't they will be married
- The local Fairs are held in Cavan. The buyers still (?) transact (buisness) business at farmers' houses. If a buyer thanks a farmer has anything to sell, he goes to him a day or two before the fair. The cows and sheep have a special place to be sold on the street. There is no toll paid on cattle sold. When an animal is sold there is "luck"-money given. There is one to five shillings given. (There) When a bargain is made the parties show their agreement by striking their hands. When an animal is sold the halter is given away. When an(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bella Mullen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ragaskin, Co. Cavan