School: Na Mullaigh (Smithboro') (roll number 10104)
- Location:
- Smithborough, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs Walsh
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- (continued from previous page)"Boot" = something given "into the bargain"
"Tick" = bought without money
Change - money returned when too much was tendered in payment.
"Carl" = auctioned -Yes, dealers in feathers & rags & scrap iron, horse hair, are still going round now and again - less common than a few years ago. I've heard of a 'tenpenny' bit: "To bite a tenpenny" was a phrase applied to a cross woman whether a ten-penny bit (money) or a tenpenny loaf - I dont know - Oaten Bread baked on a griddle in front of turf fire.
Yes, a Quern Stone was found in Carnowen Bog - was given to Rev. Arthur Rose who took it (it is thought) to the Museum in Belfast. Dr. Rose is dead.