School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Annraoi de Búrca
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- Collector
- Sheila Boland
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Wood of O, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Daniel Boland
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Wood of O, Co. Offaly
- When an animal has been sold the person the person that is buying the animal claps the other man's hand to show that he had agreed to the bargain.
- When a cow is bought there is a stripe made on her back to show that the animal has been sold. It is a stripe of paint or coloured crayon.
- The town fair is not held on the streets but it is held in a fair-place called the square. All the buyers gather(continues on next page)