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School: Ballyhaise

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Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
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T. Plunkett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0974, Page 054

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    during the week, for pigs and fowl and other animals. The fairs for horses is held on the fair green on a special street. There is no special day for selling sheep.
    People show an agreement by clapping hands and by spitting on hands too.
    Halters or a rope are sometimes given away with an animal and sometimes retained.
    The fairs in Ballyhaise were discontinued because the buyers had too far to send their cattle to the nearest Railway Station, which is three miles away.
    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
    Hubert Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Informant
    Frank Beilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan