School: Scoil Naomh Eoin, Bréachmhuigh (roll number 13781)

Location:
Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A.M. Mac Taidhg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089D, Page 01_023

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089D, Page 01_023

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    jobbers at the fairs buying cattle and the jobbers give the man a good price for the cattle. Some of the jobbers meets the man out the roads and they buy the cattle. If anyone has a nice cow or a nice calf there does be a lot of men around them making a bargain. If the bargain is finished at ten or eleven pounds another man might come and put another five or ten shillings more and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Máire Ní Dhubhthaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Breaghwy, Co. Mayo