School: Berrings (Measctha) (roll number 4186)
- Location:
- Berrings, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0348, Page 058
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- (continued from previous page)days that they do at present due to the fact that they were more dependent on the horse then, and because of that it was a proud boast of a farmer to have a horse that would take 30 or 35 cwts up certain hills. This often gave rise to a challenge at a fair or market or on the way home, due perhaps through having 'a little drop taken', to see who had the best horse, and it was pitiable to see 'herself' seated on a sack of hay or straw in the common cart while it rattled and jolted over stones and pot-holes for the roads at that time were in a wretched condition, so that such 'stepping matches' were quite common in those days.
It was usual too to see 30 or 40 'common cars' at a funeral, as there was no other vehicle at the time, and it was usual also to see many horsemen at the end of the funeral but pillion riding, the common cart and the 'saddle horse' are never seen at funerals or weddings now in this district.
- Collector
- D. O Driscoll
- Informant
- E. Lane
- Address
- Berrings, Co. Cork
