School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)
- Location:
- Adare, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 006
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- (continued from previous page)around came to it; the majority leading pigs with a sugan tied around their legs. The pigs would be led to the green where they would throw themselves down. Ofter there were between one and two hundred pigs there. The buying and selling would start at daylight and a good pig would fetch about fifteen shillings.Fair day was not without its amusing side. Besides hawkers shouting their wares such as "Fongs" ( a lace made from leather) they had Punch and Judy shows and old men used to blow tin whistles and sing.There were music boxes, something representing the wireless of to-day. This consisted of a big box with several rubber tubes hanging from it. Every person had to pay a penny and by inserting a tube in each ear such tunes as "The boys of Wexford", "Who fears to speak of ninety-eight" could be heard.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Scanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- James Collins
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
