School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 154
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Allenwood, Robertstown
- XML Page 154
- XML “The Forge”
- XML (no title)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Transcription guide »
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. (no title)
“Once every month there are fairs held in Naas, Kildare, Newbridge and Edenderry.”
Once every month there are fairs held in Naas, Kildare, Newbridge and Edenderry. Sometimes when people have pigs to sell they send them to the Dublin market or to the fairs. A man named Mr. Breshin sometimes come from Naas to buy pigs around here.
When people sell pigs they always give the person they sell to, some money for luck. This is called the "luck-penny.