School: Druim Caol (roll number 4552)
- Location:
- Drumkeel, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Suibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0202, Page 529
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- The local fairs are: Dromahair, Drumkerin, Manorhamilton and Dowra.Dromahair has no fair-green and the fair is held on the street. Drumkerin fair is held on the fair-green. Manorhamilton fair is held on the fair-green and Dowra fair is held on the fair-green.When a person sells a cow in Manorhamilton he has to pay custom. When a person sells a beast he gives away the bridle to the person who bought the beast.Once upon a time there was a man going to the fair of Dromahair he had a quiet cow with him she had no halter on her because she did not need one. But as he was going down the road he saw a broken halter on the side of the road he picked it up and fixed it around the cow's neck but a soon as the cow found the halter around her neck she let a roar out of her and leaped across the ditch and into the field the other side with the man holding the halter. The cow raced on till she came to a river. She tried to jump the river but the man held her back and got her out on the road. She settled down a little and did try to jump across the ditch anymore but ran(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire D. Nic Ghabhann
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corderry, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- William Mc Gowan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 65
- Address
- Corderry, Co. Leitrim
