School: Baldwinstown
- Location:
- Baile Bhaldain, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Ristéard Mac Plib
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 360
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- The most prominent fairs in this locality are held in Taghmon and Wellingtonbridge.
The fairs are not always held in towns but generally in villages or at crossroads.
Buyers come to the houses to buy pigs, horses, and lambs generally.
Some years ago a fair used to be held in the village of Scar but it is not held now as it went down and buyers did not attend it. The fair used to be held in a fair green but when it was changed to another field trade got slack and when it changed to the Bridge of Scar no one ever attended it. Every change that was made was for the worse. The principal fair of the year used to be held on the 11th June. It is nearly thirty years since the last fair was held in Scar.
There is generally a fair green in the towns but in some cases it is held in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Berna Parle
- Gender
- Female
