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School: Tullycanna

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Tullycanna, Co. Wexford
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Tomás de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 176

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  1. The Local Fairs

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    The most prominent fairs in this locality are held in Taghmon and Wellingtonbridge. The fairs are not always always held in towns but generally in villages or at crossroads. Buyers come to the houses to buy pigs, horses, and lambs generally.
    Some years ago a fair used to be held in the village of Scar but it is not held now as it went down and buyers did not attend it. The fair used to be held in a fair green but when it was changed to another field trade got slack and when it changed to the Bridge of Scar no one ever
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice White
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Maxboley, Co. Wexford