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1. Local Fairs (continued)

   

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   and Donoughmore. Horses are not sold in these places. The most important annual horse-fair is held at Macroom. In a field called "the fair field each fair is held. Luck money, which is locally called luck, is given by the purchaser to the seller of each animal.

   In Macroom a monthly fair is held, for the sale of cattle, sheep and pigs. The fairs are held alternately on the street and fair-field. Tolls are paid at this fair. Two pence is paid for young cattle and four-pence for cows. When a horse is sold a halter is not given with the animal, but the seller buys a straw halter for the buyer. Fairs are not held at cross-roads at these parts.

   

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2. Local Fairs

   

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   There is great commotion on a fair-day morning, when the people of the surrounding districts bring in their cattle, or pigs to be sold. People living a long distance away have to start the night before. It is a custom, when a bargain, to give luck-money to the buyer. Sometimes it takes a long time to make a bargain and when the buyer offers the

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trade
            1. buying and selling (~3,622)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Christopher Cotter

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Mountrivers, Co. Cork