School: Tagoat (roll number 5990)
- Location:
- Tagoat, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Pádraig Coilféir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 141
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- (continued from previous page)they are satisfied the buyer holds out his hand while the seller strikes it with his palm. Sometimes when luck is given the person who receives it spits on it for luck.
When sold the animals are marked sometimes by raddle or dye or by cutting two or three stripes of hair off the animal's hip.
Sometimes a halter is put on an animal and when he is sold the halter goes with him into the bargain.
The May fair and the first two after it are the great fairs of the year. In Enniscorthy a special sheep fair is held about twice a year and in New Ross a special horde fair is held once a year where thousands of horses are sold not only from county Wexford but also from the adjoining counties of Waterford, Kilkenny, Carlow and Wicklow. These fairs are advertised in the papers for several weeks in advance.
Peter Carroll,
Streamstown,
TagoatPerson from whom information was obtained
James Dunne
Slade
Tagoat
- Collector
- Peter Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Streamstown, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- James Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Slad, Co. Wexford
