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School: Moyvore

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 479

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    people buy cattle they mark them with "raddle".
    the town fairs are held in the streets. Toll is only paid when fairs are held in greens. When animals are sold the halters or rope is given away with the beast.
    There is a special fair held in Ballymahon every first Friday of each month for the sale of pigs.
    Mary T Murtagh, Piercetown, Ballynacargy
    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
    Annie Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shinglis, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Mary J. Murtagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Piercetown, Co. Westmeath