School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Cnoc na Graí, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 089
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- (continued from previous page)stopping. (A feeble attempt has been made in this year (1938) to revive the B'desmond Fair D. Ó M.)
There was a fair in Boherbue which Kanturk fair spoiled.
The failure of cattle to come there destroyed the fair in Barraduff.
There was a fair in Tower about twenty years ago and it failed because of the failure of cattle to come there.
Pig fairs in Kiskeam and Cullen also failed.
The custom for a cow was sixpence, for a heifer- four pence, for a calf - threepence, for a horse ten shillings.
The people gave luck if they liked.
The mark on some of the animals was the letter x or v or three lines.
When the colt was sold the halter was given. No tying was given with the cow. A ring was not given with the bull.
Knocknagree fair was the largest about(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Donnchadh Ó Buachalla
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cnoc na Graí, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Dáithí Ó Mhurcadha
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
