School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Cill Átha Chroim, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 10_043
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- They are held in the town. They are held once a fortnight. You must pay toll on cattle when they are sold 2d per head. There is luck money given in animals when they are sold. It is called the luck penny. Sometimes cattle are marked with chalk and more times they are cut with a scissors. When an animal is sold the halter and rope is given away. There is a special fair for horses and pigs. There are three big fairs in the year, May fair, July fair and the October fair.
- Collector
- Cáit Nic Giolla Bhuidhe
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Evoy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fionnúig, Co. Chiarraí
