School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 146
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- (continued from previous page)ago and the people used to go from house to house buying stock. There were fairs held in places where there are no fairs held now. An end was put to them because there were no cattle. There is toll paid on every beast sold. On every animal a luck's penny is paid. They give a shilling for luck's penny. When the bargain is made they give the money. The cattle are marked with paint. The biggest fair in this part is in Milford.
- Buyers used to go from house to house buying cattle from the people. There used to be a fair in Glen but there is none now because the buyers stopped att=(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Noel Crossan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Maurice Carr
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- An tArd Bán, Co. Donegal
