School: Glenidan (roll number 12862)
- Location:
- Glenidan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoldhia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0722, Page 086
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- Generally around Christmas when all the fowl are killed and sent away the feather men make their appearance. They weigh the people's feathers and then the next difficult job is to make the bargain. Usually the farmer is not willing to take the price the featherman offer him. AT length the farmer agrees that they should split the difference of the prices.
Rag men also call to the houses occasionally. They buy any old rags or clothes that are no use to the people of the house. There is an old man who has been paying and who still pays to all the houses in this distric for a very long time. His is call Murry the man.
The people of this district have names of their own on all the coins.
They call a halfpenny a make
They call a penny a make
They call a halfpenny a wing
They call a three a bit a kids eye
They call a six a bit a tanner
They call a shilling a boob
The call a half crown a half dollar
The call a £1 a quid(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frances Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Female
