School: Cullies
- Location:
- Cullies, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 018
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- (continued from previous page)the six months were up.
Buyers go through the country on a fair morning buying cattle. This happens especially when cattle are scarce and dear. On a fair day the cattle on a place called the fair green. All the other animals are sold along the street.
When the animals are sold they are marked with a piece of keel or lead. Each buyer has his own mark. When the animals is sold there is money- given back called a luck penny. This luck penny depends on the price given for the animal. The buyer and the seller show their agreement by striking hands. When an animal is sold on a halter the halter is given to the buyer. In olden times pigs were sold on a halter. The rope was attached to the pig's hind leg.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumhillagh North, Co. Cavan
