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School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)

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Moyne, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Uí Tháibh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0767, Page 045

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    and keep shouting what they will give. Then the man that is by divides the crown or what ever it is between them and they have to give back a luckpenny. When the cattle are sold the buyer generally has red or blue chalk to mark them with it. The man that sells them has to mind them till he is ready to take them home in a lorry and sometimes the buyers pay boys to drive them home for them. Some of the men give their stick and halter to them and others keep their stick and halter.
    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
    Janie Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Corcoran
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    56
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Longford