School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Boys) (roll number 16332)
- Location:
- Skerries, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: T. Mc Namee
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0785, Page 131
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- (131)Buying and Selling.
Skerries, Co. Dublin.In Skerries a great deal of buying and selling is carried on principally in the shops, although a great number of folk from adjoining towns come to sell fish and vegetables. I have heard that as the Monument Skerries, a market was held weekly. The name given to the people who send fowl around to be sold is "higgler." Some of the names given to money here is, A halfpenny is called a 'make' or a 'red.' A penny is called a 'wing' or a 'clod'. A sixpence is called a 'kick' or a 'tanner'. A shilling is called a 'bob.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Fox
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Strand Street, Co. Dublin
