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School: Béal an Dá Chab (roll number 14225)

Location:
Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Risteárd O Lighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 332

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    twopence for a cow. The name of the landlord was swanton. When the animals are sold luck is given. Two shilling are paid for a car of pigs, and a half-crown for a cow. When they are making the bargain the buyer strikes the hand of the seller. They do not spit in their hands. The animals are marked in several ways. Sometimes the hair of the cow is cut with a scissors, and other of them are marked with chalk on the back. There is not any halter given when the cow is sold. There is no fair more important than the other. Long ago the feasts of SS. Peter and Paul, and the Assumption were the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dermot Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballydehob, Co. Cork