School: Radharc an Locha (roll number 13639)
- Location:
- Aghamore Near, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Eibhlís Ní Chaomhánaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0161, Page 376
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- (continued from previous page)forth of July.
When two men are making a bargain there is often a pound or two between them. Then a third man comes along and splits the difference. When the bargain is made both men shake hands.
Cattle dealers mark their cattle with a coloured pencil and some clip a piece of hair off the animal side. Some people mark them with mud and some tie pieces of rags on their tails.
When an animal is sold with a halter, the halter is given to bring home the animal but it must be given back again to the person who gave it.
On the first of February there is a horse fair in Carraig-na-glat about five miles from Sligo town.
There is no special fair for bonhams but they are brought and sold on th market in Sligo every Satuday.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Mulvey
- Gender
- Male
