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    small farms of land and he put tenants into every farm. Then the tenants had to pay about thirty pounds every year. The landlord sold the land to the tenants in portions of about twenty acres.
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    Some landlords would not even allow the tenants to keep a goat. A story is told about a man who wanted to keep a goat. The landlord said that the goat would destroy the hedges. The man brought the goat to the landlord's house and showed him the goat's top row of teeth saying - "Look, my Lord, I am after pulling her top row of teeth and she can't eat the
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamonn Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan