School: Shercock (2)
- Location:
- Shercock, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Giolla Cluig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1013, Page 369
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- The local fairts are held in Bailieboro, Kingscourt, Cootehill, Carrick-macross and Castleblayney. The fair is usually held on a place called "the fair green", sometimes it is a field, and sometimes a piece of waste ground. Cattle are often on their way to the fair, when dealers go out the roads and buy them. There is always a luck penny given back when the money is paid. The halter is never given to the dealer, he puts them in a yard. They are marked with a kell or by cutting a piece of hair of their backs. There is a fair held in Muff every years.
- Collector
- Muriel Bailie
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickcreeny, Co. Cavan
