School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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- The fairs are held once a fortnight. They are always held in the town. The cattle are sold to buyers. They are always sold at different prices.
When cattle are sold the seller usually gets money called "Luck money". The cattle are marked with different colours such as red and blue, while more cut them in the back with a scissors. There are three big fairs held in Listowel each year on the thirteenth of May, twentyfifth of July and the twentyninth of October.
There is a fair held in Causeway and it is called the Fair of the Cross. It is held three weeks and three days before Christmas. At every market in Listowel a toll is paid to Lord Listowel. They have to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Dhuilleáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Thomas Dillon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ennismore, Co. Kerry
