School: Star of the Sea, Glengivney (roll number 12334)
- Location:
- Glennagiveny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Brian Mac Giolla Easbuic
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- (continued from previous page)The August fair in Carn, is called the "Lammas Fair" and is a good sheep fair. Lammas Fair is sometimes called the "Herd's Fair" because the boy who is hired for herding cattle is allowed to this fair to buy gooseberries. Sometimes it is called the "Gooseberry Fair". "Hallow Day fair" is the fair that is held in November. "Hallow Day Fair" is the end of the harvest.
People who sell old clothes at fairs are called "canters". Animals are sometimes exchanged at fairs between farmers and "boot" is given to equalise the value of the animal. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Henry
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Dan Mc Laughlin
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Glennagiveny, Co. Donegal