School: Réidhleán (Measctha), Áth an Chóiste
- Location:
- Rylane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Buachalla
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 278
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- Shops were not as plentiful on olden times as nowadays. In olden times people had to go to the nearest town to get their purchases. Formerly a lot of fruit was sold at Chapel gates. In some cases articles were exchanged, and if one of the articles, was of more value than the others, the owner of the inferior article, would give a few shillings to the owner of the superior one.
This was commonly known as "Boot". Many coins are gone out of use now as the "Four shilling piece". A shilling is called a "bob". Sixpence is called a tanner. Three penny-bits are called Kid's eyes", and a half crown a washer.Scarcely any shops were situated in rural districts formerly. People had to journey to the urban areas or towns to obtain the necessary requisites for their domestic purposes, and also the supply of manures and feeding-stuffs they needed for both their farms and stocks.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jerry Browne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rylane, Co. Cork
