School: Machaire Áirne

Location:
Magherarny, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Mac Aodhgáin
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  1. The fairs are held in large towns and in some small towns and villages. The cattle are not all sold in the towns. Some cattle dealers go out to the country houses and buy cattle there.
    After a man has sold a cow and got the money. He usually give a luck penny to the buyer of the cow. The luck penny is from one shilling to five shillings according to the price he gets.
    Some dealers have a habit of clapping the mens hand that they are buying the cattle from when making a bargain.
    There are some small villages where there used to be fairs long ago and that no fairs held in now.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English