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School: Cúlmaighin (Coolmoyne) (roll number 15861)

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Coolmoyne, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pilib Ó Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0558, Page 43

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    the streets.
    After the cattle being sold luck money is always given. This money is called the luck-penny. This got its name, because in olden times it was a penny that way given. This penny was twice as large as any ordinary penny.
    When a bargain is made the people engaged in the bargain clap their hands or shake hands.
    When one farmer sells his cattle to another the farmer that buys the cattle marks them by rubbing mud to their backs. All the animals are not marked the same, sheep are marked by rubbing raddle on their backs, pigs by rubbing chalk or a coloured pencil to their backs.
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    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
    Patricia Ahearne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardsallagh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr P. Ahearne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardsallagh, Co. Tipperary