School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)
- Location:
- Ballyfeeny, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0256, Page 007
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Ballyfeeny
- XML Page 007
- XML “Folklore - Local Fairs”
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
- The fairs are generally held in Strokestown. Cattle and sheep, horse and pig fairs.
The cattle are left on the streets while the fair-green is used for the sheep.
When cattle are sold there is always a "Luck Penny" given by the sellor. It varies according to price of the beast. When buyers and sellors are satisfied they show these signs, they mark the cattle with colours usually blue, also dirt, and sometimes they nick them. They also strike hands. When cattle are bought by cattle-dealers, men have to go to the loading bank and get the cattle loaded in lorries.
Then they are paid the price(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josepha Mac Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Culliagh Upper, Co. Roscommon
