School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile
- Location:
- Cúil Mhuine, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: An tSr. Teresita
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0177, Page 180
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile
- XML Page 180
- XML “The Local Fairs”
- 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
- Transcription guide »
You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The local fairs are generally held in Ballooney Rivertown and Ballintogher. Fairs are always held in towns. Buyers often transact business on crossroads and in farmer's houses.
The fair is generally held in the streets but they are ordered into the fair green if it is available. Toll is paid at most fairs on cattle sold. There is always a special man at a fair to take up the toll. About one shilling for each animal is the highest amount of toll paid at fairs.
When an animal is sold luck money is always given. This is how it is calculated about one shilling for cattle and about sixpence for every bonham.
When a bargain has been made the concerned party show their agreement by clapping hands and in some cases they spit on their hands.
When cattle are(continues on next page)
