School: Tobberclair
- Location:
- Toberclare, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Seán Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 077
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- The local fairs in this country are held in Athlone, Ballymahon, Moate and Ballymore. The buyers often go to the house of a farmer before a fair to buy the animals, but this is not done nowadays. The cattle fairs in Ballymahon and Ballymore are held in the streets but in Athlone and Moate they are held on the fair Green. People pay tolls on the cattle they buy or sell at the Green gate. The toll is fourpence on cattle, threepence on sheep. This money is given for the cleaning of the streets and fair greens. Luck money is also given to people who buy or sell animals. Two and sixpence per head is the amount usually given. The animals are marked when bought either with a scissors or a raddle.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Connaughton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toberclare, Co. Westmeath
