School: Corrinshigo
- Location:
- Corrinshigo, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Kathleen Wilson
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- (continued from previous page)are often made in the homes and there are no spinning wheels in the district. Special clothes are worn on wedding days and at the death of a relative. Black is usually worn when a relative is dead. On wedding days white is worn.
- The local fairs are held in Clones and Cootehill and the fairs are always held in towns. Buyers transacted business at farmers houses and cross road. None of the fairs of the country have been discontinued. There is no local tradition of fairs being held on the hillside. There is a shilling a cart of toll paid on carts in Clones and this is given to the Urban Council. When an animal is sold luck money is given and this(continues on next page)