School: Cill Fhíonáin (B.) (roll number 15992)
- Location:
- Kilfinane, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 213
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: Cill Fhíonáin (B.)
- XML Page 213
- XML “A Funny Story”
- XML “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
- Transcription guide »
You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Long ago there used to be a fair held in Ballinvreena on the twenty first of April. It was held just at the foot of Sliabh Riach. Tolls used to be taken at the gate going into the field. Three pence had to be given for a calf, sixpence for a cow and three pence for a pig. All sorts of vegetables used to be sold at the fair. Once a man was buying a hundred of cabbage plants and he thought that he had not his right. The two men began arguing and they decided to count them. When they counted them they found that there were ten along with the right amount, but then the man wouldn't sell them. When an animal was sold there used to be luck money given. A "luck penny" it was called .A shilling used to be given for(continues on next page)
