Scoil: Taghmon (uimhir rolla 1762)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. (gan teideal) (ar lean)

   “From the earliest days in this county people who had live stock or goods to dispose of usually met at some appointed place...”

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   country came to the fair to seek new employment and was regarded by them as a general holiday. They usually spirit the greater part of their years earnings, on new clothes and amusement that day.

   In recent years owing to stock being bought on the farms the fairs have become smaller. It is the custom when a farmer sells stock to give the buyer what is known as luck money and the sale was often upset by the parties, disagreeing on the amount of luck-money given.
   The bargain is usually clenched by the buyer, and seller slapping hands.

   When cattle are sold the buyer marks them on the hip by clipping the hair with a scissors, or by using mud or a special branding preparation.

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   J. Cullen

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Seoladh

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