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School: Ballycreen, Aughrim

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Ballycreen Lower, Co. Wicklow
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Nóra Ní Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 073

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    The animal sold is marked by a marked called "the scissors cut". This mark is put on by cutting a piece of hair on the animal's hip. Sometimes a mark is put on by blue paint.
    A special fair is held in Tinahely each May and November for horses only.
    Told by John O'Hara
    Birch Hall
    Age 60 years
    Eddie O'Byrne.
    Cronawinna,
    Aughrim
    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
    Eddie O' Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cronawinnia, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    John O' Hara
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Wicklow