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School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Girls) (roll number 16333)

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Skerries, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Caitlín Cadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0784, Page 232

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    around collecting feathers; of the feathers they make pillows.
    There are a lot of people that mark coins, to see will they come back to them again.
    Long ago there used to be a coin which is now done away with it the fourpenny bit. Some people call and money, tanners, bobs, half dollars wings and makes. A four penny bit is four pence, a bob is a shilling, tanner sixpence, a wing is a penny half dollar is two shillings a make is a halfpenny.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Doreen Stapleton
    Gender
    Female