School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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- (continued from previous page)and a ticket is usually given to whom they buy from. When cattle are sold they are marked with paint and mud and sometimes with a scissors. If it is a bargain they clench the agreement by striking hands.
- In 1921 there were fairs held at the cross-roads. When the cattle are sold they are marked with a scissors by clipping hair off their hip or rubbing mud to their back. When a horse is sold the halter is given away but when a cow is sold the halter is retained. Long ago the great fairs of the year were held in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philomena Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Patrick Donovan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork