School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- An Príosún Thoir, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 01_080
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- (continued from previous page)The buyer generally carries a marker now for marking the beasts which he buys. In olden times when a beast was purchased he was marked with a bit of mud. If the buyer intends to sell the beast over again he simply clips a bit of its hair in order to mark it.
When a horse is sold the seller presents the buyer with a new halter for the beast.
- Sir William Domvile was land-lord of Prison before the Land Commission bought out the property. He never lived in or even saw the place. He lived in Heywood, Queen County(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary A. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patsy Ausboro
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- An Tamhnach Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
