1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Boireann

School: Boireann

Location:
Burren, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Bhriain
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0313, Page 155

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0313, Page 155

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)

  1. XML School: Boireann
  2. XML Page 155
  3. XML “Timoleague Fair”

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

  1. Timoleague Fair (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    The halter was and still is given with a horse that is sold. They marked the bonhams with car-grease when buying them and the cows and sheep with cow dung. They used to sew a woolen thread through the lambs ears. Each man knew his lambs by the woolen thread. They used to tie a string round the tails of the cattle to know them from others. Some people do this still to black cattle.
    Michael Slattery still lives in Burren, a farmed aged about 80.
    From Wm. O'Driscoll Burren, 67.
    Wm. O'Driscoll, Burren 67 and Denis O'Driscoll, Burren 66 or so say they often heard accounts of horse races run in Slattery's bogs when they were small.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Informant
    William O' Driscoll
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Address
    Burren, Co. Cork