School: Ráth na mBeach (roll number 17129)
- Location:
- Rathnamagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: R. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 366
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Almost all the fairs are held in the towns now. But long ago some of the fairs were held in the country. There was a fair held at Newtown twice a year for cattle and horses. It was held on the road at a hill. There is an old house there yet were the people used to keep cattle when they were sold. There has to be custom paid on cattle sold. It is taken up at the gate of the fair green. Every year a man buys the custom and at every fair he gets about sixpence on every calf that is sold. Then (?) that buys the calf or any other animal has to pay the cumtom on them. When a man comes to buy cattle and send them to an other country he marks them with a printer.
