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School: Banagher (B.)

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Banagher, Co. Offaly
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Séamus Ó Maoilchéire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 382

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    4/12/37
    Local Fairs
    There a good number of fairs held in Banagher through-out the year. There is a pig fair held every month and a scales every Saturday. Only one buyer attends these fairs and he buys up all the pigs. His name is Mr. Clarke. Then in September the big fair of Banagher is held. It lasts for about five days. Before the fair starts at all the town is crowded with tinkers and guards and buyers and farmers and gypsies. Its many a fight the tinkers and gypsies and guards have with each other. On the first two days the horse fair is held and the town is always crowded with horses and buyers. Some of the words used by the buyers when buying horses
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Mulhare
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Banagher, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Tim Mulhare
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Banagher, Co. Offaly