School: Cluain Taidhg (Clontead), Achadh Cóiste (roll number 14023)

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1. The Local Fairs (continued)

   

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   be paid at the toll-house which used to be placed at the main entrance to the town or city. It was really a tax that had to be paid by people taking stock to the fair. This toll varied according to the amount of stock or goods that was being taken. The payment called toll is now discontinued in Coachford. When an animal is sold the seller gives the buyer what is called "luck money" out of the price the animal produced. The seller demand this "luck penny". When a bargain is made the parties concerned show their agreement sometimes by, the buyer striking the seller on the palm of the hand. They go then and treat one another to drink in the public house. When animals are sold they are marked in various ways the most common being clipping the hair off the sides of the cows and putting coloured paint or tar for sheep and a mark of some shape is cut out on the pigs backs. Each buyer has his own distinct mark so that he will be able to identify

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trade
            1. buying and selling (~3,622)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Madge Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Murphy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coolacullig, Co. Cork