School: An Charraig Bheag, Carraig na Siúire
- Location:
- Carrickbeg, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Comhraidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0655, Page 059
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- About forty years ago a large amount of cobblers use to pay a visit to Fahy’s field Windgap Carrickbeg, Carrick – on- Suir and they used to take an oath by taking an awl in their right hand and they use to swear that one cobbler would not sell a shoe or boot cheaper or dearer within the future twelve months. They used to stick an awl into the tree when taking the oath. The tree widered away and the trunk of the tree remains up to the present day. It is left there in memory of the old cobblers that came from Carrick – on- Suir to stick their awls in to Fahy’s Elm tree. When the cobblers used to come out to Fahy’s field they used to make a whip from strips of leather and they used to whip tops along the road until they reach the field. The field is called the Court field because the cobblers used to take oaths in this field.
- Collector
- Thomas Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sheskin, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Patrick Pender
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballindysert, Co. Waterford
