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School: Colliery, Castlecomer (roll number 5198)

Location:
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 302

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    The Castlecomer fair is held in the Square once a month. Cattle and bonhams are sold together. Luck money is given when an animal is sold. Animals are marked either with mud on the flank or by clipping the hair of the sides. The halter is retained when the animal is sold. The dealers spit on the hands and sometimes strike their hands. May fair is the greatest fair of all. Special fairs are held for horses and sheep.
    Dora Booth VI Cass. Colliery N.S.
    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
    Dora Booth
    Gender
    Female