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School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)

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Clongeen, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Brian Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 316

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    held on the streets in Taghmon. The Ballycullane fair is held in a field adjoining the cemetery. The fairs of the towns are held on the streets. When an buyer buys an animal from the farmer a cow or a horse etc, he gives him luck money back or not they say it would be unlucky.
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    There were fairs held in Nash which are not held now. At that time the fairs were held in fields and when the fair was finished people fought and many a person was killed with a black thorn stick.
    About two years ago after that a man ploughed the field and there was nothing but bones in the field it was never ploughed since and it is called the fair Green of Nash. There are fairs held in
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie White
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Foulkesmill, Co. Wexford