School: Cill Bheagnait (roll number 1327)
- Location:
- Kilbegnet, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0262, Page 036
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- (continued from previous page)are always marked with raddle on the back of the head or a long stroke along the back. Ewes that are to be sold are to be marked with a seal on the back. If the ewe is 2 years old she is marked with a 2. My father was in Dunmore the 10th of October and he brought 10 ewes and the toll he paid was 1/8. It was gathered by a man on the street. The Luck out of a sheep is a 1/-. The dry cattle 2/6. A cow 5/=. The local buyers bought cows at the May fair some years ago and the price 9d to 1:d and therefore the would not be able to give much Luck, and my uncle remembered those times.
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Ciannaig
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
