School: Castletown
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Owen Maguire
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- (continued from previous page)when she was half dead he went up the street and said Nobber no more on a Saturday and since that the fair is held on Tuesday.
- The local fairs are held in Navan, Kells, Ardee and Nobber. The fair in Nobber used to be held on a Monday. A lot of people began to fight and a man with a slashing hook cut the head of another man. The next fair that was held the head danced on the fair green and said "Nobber no more on a Monday." It is held on a Tuesday instead. Every month it is held in Nobber.
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- Collector
- Larry Farrelly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr John Farrelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 54
- Address
- Knock, Co. Meath
