School: Iorball Sionnaigh (roll number 16923)
- Location:
- Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 085
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It was considered unlucky to buy or sell anything on New Year's Day or Good Friday.
Markets were always held on the street.There are usually held there still.
Hacksters,peddlars and dealers in rags,feathers and bottles visited houses.They used to come to the doors and say"any rags,bags,bones or bottles?"They used to exchange mugs,porringers,tin cans,pins,laces and candles for bottles or rags.They do not come now.
Some coins are referred to as follows:-a shilling is called a "bob",a penny is called a "wing",a sixpence a "tanner",a three-penny piece a"kid's eye",a pound a quid.Four-shilling pieces,five-shilling pieces,four-penny pieces,ten-penny pieces and farthings have gone out of use now.
Three-penny pieces and four-shilling pieces were considered unlucky.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Mac Cann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- George Mc Cann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
