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School: Grangeford, Tullow

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Grangeford, Co. Carlow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 291

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  1. Local Fairs (continued)

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    only December when it is held on Saint Thomas's Day. The fairs are not held on Streets they are held in Tullow on a Fair Green. In Carlow they on the Fair Green also in Hacketstown. There is luck money always given. It is called Luck-Penny. When the animal is sold they are marked with raddle. The seller always keeps the Halter.
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  2. Local Fairs

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    At Carlow Graige their were three fairs held in the year. The first of April August and November and the last fair was held in the year 1893. These were great days for the shops in Graigue as there were no fairs in Carlow town a that time. All the animals were sold in the street and all dealers sold such as gates ladders potatoe-baskets and ropes in
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tommy Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grangeford, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Peter Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardnehue, Co. Carlow