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School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 320

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    used to be paid to the town council for the upkeep of the fair greens and for the making of the streets. When animals were sold luck money was given to show the parties agreed to the bargain. It is regulated in the following way two shillings for a big beast, six pence for a calf and three pence for a pig. When bargains were made the parties showed their agreement by slapping their hands, by marking the beast with mud and they used to mark pigs by giving them a scar.
    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
    Mary J. Mc Guire
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Informant
    John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilnacarrow, Co. Longford