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School: Sráid na Cathrach (C.) (roll number 8851)

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Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0623, Page 117

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    not the money.
    Long ago a man that would have a machine would cut a poorer man's hay and then the poorer man would give him so many days instead.
    Feather mongers used to around long ago gathering feathers and plucking geese.
    There used be very big markets long ago in Miltown, and butter buyers used come from Limerick and other places to buy the butter.
    |The people used to sell a lot of stuff long ago such as
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare