School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)
- Location:
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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- When the farmer is selling a cow and gets five pound it amounts to a shelling for luck. When they are selling a horse for ten pound it amounts to five shillings for luck. The bargain is made by beating hands. The local fairs are held in the towns.When a farmer sells a fat pig the luck amounts to about a shelling and when a farmer sells a bonaveen the luck amounts to about six pence.