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  1. A Song - The Stopping of the Fairs

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    I
    Do you hear you tenant farmers
    Of the news I am going to state
    Listen now and pay attention
    While my story I relate
    News is gone throughout the nation
    An order that we must obey
    We can sell no pigs or cattle
    On a fair or market day
    2
    By this means they are intending
    For to pull the nation down
    We must have our fairs suspended
    By an order from the crown
    You may read the proclamation
    Posted up ion walls and trees
    About the regulations
    Of the foot and mouth disease
    3
    If you have a stock of cattle
    For removal off the grass
    They wont permit you travel
    If you dont secure a pass.
    Rich cattle-dealers come from Meath
    And some from Monaghan too
    Pig-jobbers come from Dundalk
    And some from Mullacrew.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Crosson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinnea, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    John Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Killaliss, Co. Cavan