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School: Iorball Sionnaigh (roll number 16923)

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Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 115

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    Folklore
    Local Fairs
    The local fairs are now held in Scotstown and Tydavnet on the seventh and twentyfourth of every month respectively and when the fair day occurs on a Sunday, the fair is held on the next day. In some cases, the buyers would go to the farmers' houses to buy cattle before a fair.
    The Tydavnet fair was discontinued about forty years ago because the people fought too much in it and when buyers would make a bargain with the local people, they would sell the cattle to their neighbours and therefore the buyers stopped coming but it was re-started in the last month.The fairs are held on
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Clerkin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Agheracalkill, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs B. Clerkin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Agheracalkill, Co. Monaghan