School: Scoil Naomh Eoin, Bréachmhuigh (roll number 13781)

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1. Fairs (continued)

   

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   bring them to the local fair, and offer them at a price to dealers and to other farmers and after much hand-clapping and bargaining dispose of them if the price is satisfactory, but if not they are brought home again to await better times and better prices, when a sale takes place, the beast is marked with paint, or by cutting of some hair with a scissors. When the dealer or farmer has brought all the animals he wants, sellers and purchaser adjourn to some public house where refreshments are partaken of and payments made. The seller as a general rule gives the buyer a luck penny varying from one th to five shillings according as the

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trade
            1. buying and selling (~3,622)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maighréad Ní Neachtáin

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Tomás Ó Neachtáin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Breaghwy, Co. Mayo