School: Shannow
- Location:
- Shannow Wood, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: B. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 281
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- (continued from previous page)some street convenient to the fair green. At the present time cattle are sold without any toll being paid, and a man when buying or selling a beast has accordingly never to take the question of toll into consideration.
Luck money generally referred to as "luck penny" is considered a payment that should be left to the generosity of the vendor but sometimes it is provided for, in the agreement for sale.
The act of striking hands is the mode in which the men emphasize their extentions and the act of spitting is a token of luck.
Generally cattle dealers mark the cattle they purchase with a certain kind of chalk(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Redhills, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Redhills, Co. Cavan
