School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)
- Location:
- Fohanagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0043, Page 0122
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- 1. The fairs are held in the lawns nowadays, there is a special place called a fair green. Long ago fairs were held at the crossroads leading to Kilconnell. There were fairs for sheep cattle horses and on a special day there would be a goat - fair, this is not held now. There was a song sung every time there would be a goat fair.
I
A Bansha peeler went ere night
On duty and patrollin'-o,
And met a goat upon the road
And took her for a stroller-o.
II
With bay'net fixed he sallied forth
And caught her by the wizzen-o
And then he swore a mighty oath.
"I'll send you off to prison-O."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Cahill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisnascreena, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Jimmy Miskell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doon Lower, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Martin Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilconnell, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Seán Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fohanagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Cahill
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnascreena, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Kenny
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilconnell, Co. Galway
