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School: Kilrush (roll number 14039)

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Baile na Bearna, Co. Loch Garman
Teacher:
C. E. Kidd
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    traveller who goes round, collecting old rags, bottles, rabbit skins and horse-hair; some of them are said to be Jew Men.
    Nearly all coins are known locally by some nickname. A shilling is called a "bob", a sixpence a tanner a half crown as "two and a kick"; a pound a quid and a five-pound note "a fiver".
    Sonny Pierce
    Ballyroebuck,
    Clohamon,
    Ferns,
    Co Wexford
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. trádáil
          1. díol agus ceannach (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sonny Pierce
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile Robac, Co. Loch Garman