School: Baile an Chlochair, Lic Snámha (roll number 12410)
- Location:
- Ballincloher, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pártholán Ó Gealbháin
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- The fairs long ago were different to what they are now. The old women used be there with their white "báníns" and the old men with their blackthorne sticks. The fairs were held in fields and in crossroads. They used have to walk very far distances that time with their cattle because there were no lorries or motors or trains that time. The old women used be there having their pigs and ropes tied around the pigs' legs for fear they would go. The old women were able to give the "gab" just as well as the men.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Sheehy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Sheehy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryvrin, Co. Kerry