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School: Baile Uaitéir (Walterstown) (roll number 12281)

Location:
Walterstown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Raghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0386, Page 189

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    a failure, as it seems it was not well patronised.
    Tolls are still paid at local fairs at the rate of 4d for cattle, and 6d for horses etc.
    The luck money is calculated according to the price paid, and is often fixed at the bargain.
    People show agreement by slapping their open hands together.
    Large buyers of cattle usually have a system, of marking cattle, with a scissors, on the hips. Mud or cart grease are often used for marking pigs at fairs.
    A halter is usually given when a horse is being sold.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Wilson
    Gender
    Female