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School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

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Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 064

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    agreement by striking hands and spitting. When the animals are sold they are marked with a red pencil or the hair is clipped with a scirrors on the side and they are also marked with mud. When a horse is sold the buyer gets luck and when selling cattle the halter is kept. There is only one fair held in Borrisoleigh every year it is held on the 27th November. There is no special day for the sale of sheep and horses. There is a market held in Borrisoleigh every Wednesday for the sale of pigs.
    Pupil; Edward Stapleton, Gurteenadawn Borrisoleigh Co. Tipperary.
    From whom got; John Stapleton, Gurteenadawn Borrisoleigh Co. Tipperary.
    54 yrs.
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  2. The Local Fairs

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Devitt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Denis Younge
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Rusheen More, Co. Tipperary