School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)
- Location:
- Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 433
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- (continued from previous page)and donkeys are brought and sold in the Market Square and pigs, sheep and poultry in the Market House. No toll is paid on cattle sold.
When an animal is sold luck money, called luck-penny, is given. It is calculated at an average of 6D in the £.
When a bargain has been made the parties show agreement by striking hands and by spitting on the money.
When cows are sold they are marked by clipping the hair at the left side with scissors. Sheep and pigs are marked on the rump with a solid red paint locally called 'heel.'
When an animal is sold the halter or rope is not given away.
The great fair of the year locally is held in Carndonagh on the 21st November. There is a special fair for horses held in Carndonagh on the 26th December, called the Christmas Market.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Rose Breslin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrick Mac Conway
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal
