School: Currycahill (roll number 11301)

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   The local fairs about here are held in the village of Ballinalee. There are more held at cross-roads or farmers' houses. There are a great many buyers. There were hardly any buyers in the country some years ago. The people who are always selling and buying, are called dealers. The farmers buy & sell among themselves. A fair is held twice or three times a year in Ballinalee. Sometimes the fairs are bad and sometimes they are good. When the men have agreed to sell they show their agreement by clapping hands. They generally give a luck penny as they call it, when they sell an animal. The fairs are not only for cows and calves but for sheep and pigs.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   May Mc Vitty

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Aghnashannagh, Co. Longford