School: Baile an Chlochair, Lic Snámha (roll number 12410)
- Location:
- Baile an Chloichir, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Pártholán Ó Gealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 436
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- (continued from previous page)They used pay money to enter the fair that time just as they pay now. That money was called "custom" and the gate going into the fair was called the "custom gate".
The people gave a penny for luck that time and it was called the "luck penny". The cattle the time were marked with puddle. The man that gets the money spits on it and wishes luck to the man who buys. the man that would be buying would say to the other man "hold out your hand" and when he would hold out his hand he would hit it a slap. When you(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Sheehy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Sheehy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doire Bhrain, Co. Chiarraí
