School: Tír na Móna (roll number 10441)

Location:
Tirnamona, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Blackburn
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  1. The fairs long ago were held in streets, and fair greens. Some of them were held in the country fields. The people came out to country houses, and bought cattle, and that was called poaching. There was not toll on horses, cattle or sheep. It was only on pigs. There was always luck money long ago. It was called a luck penny. Some people gave a good luck penny, and others did not. It was just according to the price. A bargain was made between two people. The buyer would bid so much for the animal and may be he would bid two or three pounds less than (what) the animal was worth. The sell would not take the price for the animal. Then a man out of a crowd would come to the dealers, and would start dividing pounds, until
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Clean
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Tullaghan, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs Auld
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Killygrallan, Co. Monaghan