School: Tagoat (roll number 5990)
- Location:
- Tagoat, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Pádraig Coilféir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 140
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- The local fairs
The local fairs are held in Broadway, Bridgetown and Wexford, Broadway and Bridgetown being large villages and Wexford the county town. The business of buying and selling was once transacted at the crossroads but it is discontinued, but the business is still continued at the farmers' houses. The stock which are generally sold in this manner are fat cattle. Fairs were formerly held in Tagoat and Killinick but they were discontinued because the business carried on there was going down.
In Wexford town the fairs are carried on in Hill Street, Slaney street and Jail Road. Toll is not paid on cattle sold. When an animal is sold money which is called luck is given back by the seller to the buyer. The amount of luck given on the animal which is sold, a shilling per head luck being usually given on cattle and sixpence per head on pigs and sheep. When a bargain is made to show that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Streamstown, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- James Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Slad, Co. Wexford
