School: Uachtar Achaidh (roll number 9762)
- Location:
- Oughteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Caitlín Knott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 016
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- Fairs are held on the first Tuesday in every month in Ballinamore. The fairs are now held in the street, but formerly there was a green.
When animals are bought the buyer has to pay "toll". He pays it to a man named Mr Bierne; he pays sixpence on cows and three pence on calves and two pence on a small pig, When an animal is sold the seller generally gives the buyer some money back. This is called a "luck penny."
When a bargain is made both parties show their approval by striking hands.
Fairs used to be held in Kesh, but were discontinued because it was inconvenient as there is no railway.
Sometimes jobbers come to big farms to buy stock.
When animals are sold they are marked with keel, sometimes the buyer just takes up some mud on the end of his stick and marks them with it.
When cattle are sold the halter is generally kept, except when a horse or bull is sold.
There are no special fairs for horses or(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Olive Mitchell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killaneen, Co. Leitrim
