School: Baile Dubh, (C.) (roll number 15541)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhriaghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 612
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- (continued from previous page)home. The blacksmiths often got turf,handbags of potatoes instead of money for work done and sometimes when he the blacksmith had done a lot of work he would get a pair of bonhams for his labour.
A labouring man used frequently get seed potatoes to plant digging would begin , he would get bags of potatoes to feed his f family from the farmer who employed him . Often times , the farmer would five a pair of horses , to his labourer , to plough his fields.
He would not get these horses for money , but he would get a week , or a fortnight , working for the farmer in return.
No business was transacted on Monday and even up to the present, labourers nor farmers , do not like to begin any new work on Monday . They consider it very unlucky.
Markets were held in the village street. Women used stand there , with their baskets of butter , or eggs.
Then they began going to the adjoining towns. Hucksters, and pedlars have(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr William Canning
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 79
- Address
- Waterpark, Co. Cork
