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School: Cill Liath (roll number 8696)

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Killeagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0396, Page 293

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  1. Old Fairs

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    In olden times there were four fairs held in Killeagh during the year, these were called quarterly fairs. Tolls were paid on each beast such as.
    1/2 on a lamb
    1d a sheep
    2d on all horny cattle
    3d on a horse.
    The bargain was made in the same way as today the seller would put out his hand and the buyer would give him a stroke on the hand.
    Very often earnest was given that was anything from a penny upwards which made the deal legal as there were no [?] at that time. Animals were marked with tar usually and if cattle were kept for grazing the name of the owner would be put on the horn with a red brand.
    The fairs were held in Killeagh, Castlemartyr, Mountuniacke, Ardagh and a fair was held in Ballymacoda
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeagh, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Kennedy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killeagh, Co. Cork