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School: Tullamore (St. Brigid's)

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Tullamore, Co. Offaly
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P. Sheehy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0806, Page 42

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    no toll paid on the cattle coming into town. The sellers usually give back luck-money to the buyers and make the bargains by striking hands. When the cattle are bought they are marked with colored chalk and with a scissors. The horse fair is held in Henry Street and there is a pig fair held every second Tuesday for the farmers.
    Frank Geoghegan,
    High Street,
    Tullamore
    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
    Frank Geoghegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullamore, Co. Offaly