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School: Muileann na hUamhan (C.) (roll number 15363)

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Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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    dwindled away by degrees but pig markets continued to be held once a month. To these markets "tribes" of travellers brought their ponies, there being sometimes as many as one hundred ponies at the market.
    The cattle fairs were held though on a very small scale down to 1921.
    When receiving money buyers and sellers usually slapped hands.
    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
    Informant
    John Norton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary